<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: In Paris the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Alliance (1778)">Treaty of Alliance</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amity_and_Commerce_(United_States–France)" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France)">Treaty of Amity and Commerce</a> are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.<sup about="#mwt40" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_6#cite_note-6" id="mwNw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwOA">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt37" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFJames_H._Causten1855">James H. Causten (1855). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/vetomessagepi00causrich" id="mwCAw" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCA0">Review of the Veto Message of President Pierce of Feb. 17, 1855: On the Bill Relating to French Spoliations</i></a>. Washington?. pp.<span id="mwCA4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/vetomessagepi00causrich/page/24" id="mwCA8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">24</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt37" class="Z3988" id="mwCBA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Review+of+the+Veto+Message+of+President+Pierce+of+Feb.+17%2C+1855%3A+On+the+Bill+Relating+to+French+Spoliations&amp;rft.pages=24&amp;rft.pub=Washington%3F&amp;rft.date=1855&amp;rft.au=James+H.+Causten&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fvetomessagepi00causrich&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+6"></span></span>