1. Foreign Aid in the American Revolution

2. Countries
France
Spain
Dutch

3. Motivation for Assisting
France and Spain
Seven Years' War 
Great Britain was the most powerful country in the world 
French and Spanish territorial losses 
France and Spain relation 
Family Compact, Treaty of Paris, 1761
Dutch
Falling Status
Trade

4. France Continental Congress sends diplomats Hesitant at first
Silas Deane, Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee
Hesitant at first
Secretly sends supplies
Roderigue Hortalez and Company, 1775
Volunteer Military Officers
Lack of initial success 
Battle of Saratoga 

5. France Treaty of Alliance (February 1778)
Formal Alliance 
Neither country would sign a peace treaty or truce with Great Britain  
Would not stop fighting until American independence was assured
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (February 1778)
Commercial Treaty 
Defied British Navigation Acts 
Secret Agreement
Allowed other countries to join the alliance

6. France Contributions to War Siege of Yorktown Continued supplying army
Troops 
Navy
Siege of Yorktown
Chesapeake Bay, 1781
French Navy prevented British retreat

7. Spain Did not want to be dragged into the war
Secretly provided supplies
John Jay 
Roderique Hortalez and Company
Diverted Agenda
Gibraltar, Minorca, and Florida
Invading England

8. Spain Treaty of Aranjuez (April 1779) Military Operations
Spain aids France in war against Great Britain 
France aids Spain in recapture of Gibraltar, Minorca, and Florida
Military Operations
Louisiana
Southern Front

9. Dutch First European power to officially recognize the
    American colonies as a nation
St. Eustatius 
Island in the West Indies 
Neutral trading port 
French, Spanish, and Dutch access to America
War with Great Britain
Loans 
4 large loans ( )
Avoided bankruptcy