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[[Image:Treaty of alliance.JPG|thumb|300px|The Treaty of Alliance with France]]

[[Image:Treaty of alliance.JPG|thumb|300px|The Treaty of Alliance with France]]

Believing that they would benefit militarily by allying themselves with a powerful nation, the revolutionary colonies formed an alliance with France against Great Britain. According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States would provide for a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack, and neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized.

Believing that they would benefit militarily by allying themselves with a powerful nation, the revolutionary colonies of the newly formed [[United States]] formed an alliance with [[France]] against [[Great Britain]]. According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the U.S. would provide for a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack, and neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized.

==Text of the Treaty==

==Text of the Treaty==