The Entente Cordiale, Signed 1904

For example, they befriended the Native Americans in order to develop a mutually beneficial relationship. Another example of this was when the French helped the Natives during battles and fights with other Native tribes, such as the Iroquois. Although the French was also fighting with the Iroquois tribes, they still aided the Natives. The French only wanted to share a peaceful relationship with the

Directory’s foreign minister, Prince Talleyrand, demanded a loan for France and a Bribe for French officials before they would deal with Adams commissioners. This led to the undeclared war with France from 1798-1800. Adams cut off trade with France and captured French ships. American army did well and got 85 prizes of armed merchantmen and vessels of the French navy. U. S gets closer to Britain put still remains the “peace” see bribe. France didn’t need another war so he said that the representatives would be received with respect by Napoleon. Napoleon had other plans to take of Europe so he made the “convention of 1800s” which said the Franco-American alliance was over (that if either one of them was attacked by Britain, the other will fight for them) and America had to pay for French shippers.

To begin with, the pre-war alliance in Europe intensified the long-lasting tensions between countries. In 1879, Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance against Russia. In 1881, Austria Hungary allied with Serbia against Russia. The Triple Alliance reveals the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. On the other hand, Russia, France, and Britain agreed to become the Triple Entente. (Doc 1) The alliance clearly divided the countries in Europe into two groups, each of which hated the others very much. (Doc 4) The

In 1796, the President Washington sent a U.S minister to France, but he was refused to recognize the U.S minister because the French retaliated for the British friendly Jay Treaty by abandoning the 1778 alliance with the United States. In Fall 1797, the President Adam dispatched a three-man commission to France for the negotiation, but the French would not receive them. And they sent three French agents, known as X, Y, Z, to the American commissioners and tell the price of the peace treaty is $250,00 to start the diplomacy and $12

America sent John Jay to negotiate the attacks with England. John Jay signed a treaty (Jay’s Treaty) with England to end the attacks, which improved Anglo-American relations. France became angry again at America for creating the treaty because they felt that America was siding with England, the country that France with at war with, after claiming to be neutral. The French began attacking American cargo ships because of the treaty.

When James Madison, the president of the United States began drafting a war message in late May 1812, claiming the hostility Great Britain had showed towards the United States he didn’t fail to mention the hand France had to play in the game of hostility. “He therefore attached one more paragraph to the message, noting that France had often been as guilty of the same infractions of American neutral rights as Great Britain.” France had decided that after Chief Justice John Jay’s treaty, or “Jay’s treaty” had passed in 1796 that it could too retort to the same violations of neutrals rights that Great Britain had grown accustomed to. “That Attitude in fact governed much French policy toward the United States for the subsequent decade and beyond…” This led to the XYZ affair. The United States sent diplomats to ensure peace between the two nations, however French negotiators in turn made outrageous demands that shocked the diplomats, the demands were dropped but France did not agree to end the seizures of American ships.

France eventually became willing to create a treaty that would abrogate the alliance of 1778 and, therefore, abolish all ties between the nations. The agreement was that if either nation violated the treaty, it would be thrown out, and if there was an indecisive argument, a third party would resolve such.

Great Britain and France was locked in a long and bitter conflict. The U.S. wanted to remain neutral, they did not want to get involved and destroy relationships with the two countries. Britain and France in an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other.

Adams wanted to get France to sign a treaty similar to the Jay Treaty, which was signed with England, as a way to restore international relations. However, the French foreign minister, Talleyrand, wanted the equivalent of $250,000 for himself and a loan for France which amounted to extreme bribery. Pinckney said he wouldn’t even give a sixpence. Long before the Quasi War had started, United States and France signed the Treaty of Alliance, which was signed by Ben Franklin. It said that the two countries has a military alliance and said the French would help the Americans fight the British if they needed assistance. Congress wanted to go to war with France and Adams did not want to, because he wanted to keep the peace. One of the first battles was in February, the USS Constellation, lead by Thomas Thruxton,

The XYZ affair, that began in 1797, forced the United States to become the middle man of Great Britain and France. The U.S. and Britain signed Jay’s Treaty in hopes of preventing Britain from attacking U.S. ships. However, what did France think about this treaty? The answer came quickly when they began seizing American ships. France hoped the U.S. would continue to fight with Britain and eventually leading to a war.

Therefore, as a defense mechanism, and a way to be more prepared for conflict, countries found allies in each other. Raymond Aron speaks of an example of this when, “The rise of Germany, whose supremacy France dreaded and whose navy menaced [or threatened] England had created among [England and France] an alliance which claimed it was defensive in nature” (Doc 7). England and France felt intimidated by Germany, so they teamed up, creating the Triple entente, knowing they stood a better chance together. Germany, in response, created its own alliance as a way to protect

With Britain still establishing colonies in the west and gaining dominance over the seas with their naval abilities, France was looking for ways to stop Britain. France began forming alliances with the third player in the game, Russia. With the addition of the Russians France had Britain reeling and worried about a possible invasion and defeat. France, by adding Russia had tipped the scales in its favor, and forced Britain to use its navy that it had begun to build up. Britain began to employ a naval blockade of the European mainland, to stop all incoming and outgoing trade. With this tactic employed France employed the same tactic and this is where the American claim of neutrality was violated. With both Britain and France mandating that any trade ship must first pass through their ports or be subject acts of hostility, America was forced into a no win situation. The United States who continued to try to remain neutral and continue trade with both countries, found itself thrown right in the middle of this age long battle. The United States and the British Royal Navy had several encounters, and after several ships being stopped for search and some even eventually seized, America began to develop an even stronger feeling of distrust and hatred for the British government. These actions lead eventually to the United States allying with, it’s friend from the Revolution, the

While America’s relationship with France is decent, the relationship with England is less than perfect. England began destroying our ships in response to their Orders in Council. America is losing ships and sailors fast. In response, Jefferson passes the Embargo Act of 1807 which prevents trade with all foreign countries therefor ruining America’s

England looked at the Treaty of Dunkirk as a way to start a Western Alliance that would be able to hold off the USA, the USSR or German would it ever arise. However, trying to start this alliance with France may have been counterproductive for the English State. While these two states at the time were the most powerful within Western Europe, the history between them is hard forgotten. Britain needed this alliance to expand the idea to other states within Western Europe. The main problem with the Treaty specifically with France is that Britain was afraid they would make the USSR feel like purposely trying to defend against them, this, therefore, increasing security over in the USSR domain. Britain was simply looking to create International Security , however in doing so may have made the USSR feel like they needed to increase because of this upcoming alliance, therefore initiating the security dilemma . While the state is the best level of analysis for the Treaty of Dunkirk, as the state relations do originate at the state the individual analysis has a few key points as well. As Britain when coordinating how to approach the Treaty of Dunkirk has essentially one main person coordinating it’s hard to specifically say that at the individual level, the most compelling argument could be made.

23 July 1905, Tsar Nicholas of Russia had come close to forming an alliance with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, but a prior agreement with France and Russian desire to avoid upsetting their ally led to denial of the treaty by officials in St. Petersburg. Convinced that Germany could drive a wedge between the Entente powers, Berlin demanded an international conference in Algeciras, as promised by the treaty of 1881. Initially, the Germans were sure that Britain would not intervene in a dispute regarding Morocco, but France gave compensation deals to Britain, Italy, and Spain, and promised more money to Russia for support in the Algeciras conference held January 1906. Not only was the Entente proven stronger than Germany had initially thought, historian Christopher Clark also argues that ‘the uselessness of the Triple Alliance [between Austria, Italy, and Germany] was revealed for all to see.’ Not only did actions taken by Kaiser Wilhelm II in the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905 not have the desired effect of pushing apart the Entente powers, they led to a stronger connection between France and Britain, Italy, Spain, and Russia, impacted the European view of Germany negatively, and isolated Germany and Austria