"Relations Between America and France Fall Apart" Topic
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Tango01  | 08 Sep 2024 4:51 p.m. PST |
"America's first armed conflict with a foreign nation following our Revolution was not the War of 1812, but rather a mostly forgotten fight called the Quasi-War. Although little known today, in its time it made a significant impact on the course of American history, affecting trade, the creation of our Navy, and a presidential election. The trail of events that led to the Quasi-War began with the overthrow and execution of King Louis XVI during the bloody French Revolution. Those events roiled Europe and the ever-festering wound between France and England reopened into a conflict known as The War of the First Coalition (1792-1797)…"
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 John the OFM  | 08 Sep 2024 9:42 p.m. PST |
French support in the AWI was never about supporting Liberty. It was all about putting a thumb in the eye of their traditional enemy, Britain.
So, when it looked like trade with Britain was helping them, Perfidious France naturally did what traditional enemies did.
Nothing personal. Just business. |
| 42flanker | 09 Sep 2024 10:11 a.m. PST |
"arguing that our treaty was with the monarchy of King Louis XVI and with no king there was no treaty ..we also declared we would no longer repay our loans to France which we incurred during the American Revolution" A little shabby, perhaps, but of course the Louisiana Purchase helped square things… |
| Tango01 | 09 Sep 2024 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 09 Sep 2024 4:26 p.m. PST |
Thanks John. Realpolitik is so very old school. |
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