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250th: Alliance with France Changes Everything

Alliance With France. On February 6, 1778, following the shocking surrender of General John Burgoyne’s English army at Saratoga, an American diplomatic team led by Ben Franklin signed a treaty of alliance with France. French King Louis XVI had no love for the American cause. But he had been itching for payback from England since 1763, when the treaty concluding The Seven Years War (which we call the French and Indian War) had deprived France of …
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Gettysburg Connection broke the news in Gettysburg, United States on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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