{"id":2952,"date":"2019-01-28T20:08:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T20:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2020-08-16T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T20:32:59","slug":"us-french-alliance-1778","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/2019\/01\/28\/us-french-alliance-1778\/","title":{"rendered":"US-French Alliance 1778"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFranklin\u2019s mission to Paris is one of the most extraordinary episodes in the history of American diplomacy, important, if not indeed decisive, to the outcome of the Revolution. \u00a0The eminent scientist, journalist, politician, and homespun philosopher was already an international celebrity when he landed in France. \u00a0Establishing himself in a comfortable house with a well-stocked wine cellar in a suburb Paris, he made himself the toast of the city. A steady flow of visitors requested audiences and favors such as commissions in the American army. \u00a0Through clever packaging, he presented himself to French society as the very embodiment of America\u2019s revolution, a model of republican simplicity and virtue.&#8221; &#8211;George Herring, <em>From Colony to Superpower<\/em>, p. 19<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compare Franklin&#8217;s diplomatic method with John Adams&#8217; approach.\u00a0 What are the trade-offs with each style?<\/li>\n<li>Why was the securing an alliance with France so vital to the success of the American Revolution?\u00a0 And yet how was it also a dangerous gambit?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3783\" style=\"width: 941px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-15-at-10.05.26-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3783\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3783\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-15-at-10.05.26-AM-931x1024.png\" alt=\"Franklin\" width=\"931\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-15-at-10.05.26-AM-931x1024.png 931w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-15-at-10.05.26-AM-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-15-at-10.05.26-AM-768x845.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-15-at-10.05.26-AM.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (National Portrait Gallery \/ London)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Historians on Franklin&#8217;s &#8220;salon&#8221; diplomacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rg6q_f-JD4M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Franklin&#8217;s headquarters in Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2954\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-2.57.15-PM.png\" alt=\"BF residence\" width=\"714\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-2.57.15-PM.png 714w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-28-at-2.57.15-PM-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Franklin lived here, at what was known as the Hotel de Valentinois, in part of the Chaumont residence in Passy from 1777-1785.\u00a0 \u00a0Today the address is 66 Rue Raynouard, Paris (Photograph courtesy of Graham Frater)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/fr1778p.asp\">Model Treaty<\/a> (1776)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/fr1788-1.asp\">Treaty of Amity and Commerce<\/a> (1778)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/program\/bib\/ourdocs\/alliance.html\">Library of Congress webguide<\/a> on US-French Alliance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/benjamin-franklin-papers\/\">Benjamin Franklin Papers (LoC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFranklin\u2019s mission to Paris is one of the most extraordinary episodes in the history of American diplomacy, important, if not indeed decisive, to the outcome of the Revolution. \u00a0The eminent scientist, journalist, politician, and homespun philosopher was already an international celebrity when he landed in France. \u00a0Establishing himself in a comfortable house with a well-stocked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71431],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syllabus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}