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Whose approval did American negotiators bypass when they signed the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War?
Answer
France
The 1778 Treaty of Alliance obligated the United States to make peace only jointly with France, but Franklin, Adams, and Jay negotiated and signed with Britain independently, angering the French foreign minister Vergennes.
💡 Did you know?
The Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution was signed in a Paris hotel by negotiators who weren't authorized to make peace without French approval—they did anyway.
Other options people guess
- Spain
- the Netherlands
- Prussia
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- diplomacy
- 18th-century
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