The Treaty of Alliance, 1778

Описание: Bigfoot and friends explain how Benjamin Franklin helped convince France to join the American Revolution. Featuring George Washington, Louis XVI, the Battle of Long Island, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Arthur Lee, Edward Bancroft, the Battle of Saratoga, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, and the Battle of Ushant. (Season 1, Episode 14)

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George Washington (Charles Willson Peale, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons)
Benjamin Franklin (Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Reprisal (Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons)
Louis XVI (Antoine-Francois Callet, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Battle of Crecy (Grande Chroniques de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Long Island Stirling (Scan by NYPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Retreat from Long Island (The Werner Company, Akron, Ohio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Execution of Louis XVI (Isidore Stanislas Helman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Franklin, 1767 (David Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Franklin Electricity (Benjamin West, Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, Google Art Project)
Franklin Fur Hat (drawn by C.N. Cochin, engraved by A.H. Richie, Public Domain)
Voltaire (Nicolas de Largillière, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Rousseau (Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Franklin, fur coat (Joseph Duplessis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Passy (Neurdein, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Silas Deane (Benoît-Louis Prévost, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
John Adams (Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
John Quincy Adams (Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia commons)
Arthur Lee (Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United Staes, Public domain, via wikimedia commons)
Lee Coat of Arms (Glasshouse using elements by Sodacan, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons)
Edward Bancroft (New York Review of Books, June 23, 2011 (44), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Love Letter (A. M. Simonetti (Amedeo Momo Simonetti (Italian, 1874-1922)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Tuilleries (Camille Pissarro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
London, 1776 (James Miller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Surrender of Burgoyne ((John Trumbull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Treaties Text (Benjamin Franklin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Treaties (Philadelphia printed, London reprinted for J. Stockdale, 1782, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Battle of Ushant (Théodore Gudin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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