<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France in the American Revolutionary War">France</a> formally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France–United_States_relations" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France–United States relations">recognizes</a> the United States.