If American diplomats had not fought battles in foreign courts, American soldiers could not have won the battles they fought at home. Britain’s status as superpower combined with rising power in European nations led to the policy of armed neutrality, which left Britain without any allies. French and Spanish fleets in the New World spread Britain very thin. Essentially, the war became a global conflict, with the only actual fighting happening in North America. Consequently, without its diplomatic connection to the rest of the globe, France, America’s war effort would barely have gotten off the ground. Not only did France negotiate with European nations on behalf of Congress, but she also openly supported the emergent state by signing a treaty
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Unfortunately, no other foreign power provided as much assistance as the French, often because, as in the case of Spain, supporting an independent America would compromise the security of the ideals and land of those nations. Spain would never have been able to ally with America because of the territorial dispute over the Mississippi River and Trans-Appalachian West. Fortunately, the support the Americans did receive was enough to succeed in their struggle. As large as an impact diplomacy had on the American Revolution, the American Revolution had an even greater impact on diplomacy. The staunch alliances between America and European nations that we know today formed in the malleable international community following the Revolution. America formed an economic alliance with Britain that remains unbroken to this day. Moreover, countries began to form alliances with other nations regardless of their religious affiliation. For instance, America itself formed partial or full alliances with Catholic nations during the war. When studying the influence diplomacy had on the American Revolution, it makes one marvel at how effectively nations communicated then. Perhaps if modern nations allowed diplomacy to rule, the world would be a better
Unfortunately, no other foreign power provided as much assistance as the French, often because, as in the case of Spain, supporting an independent America would compromise the security of the ideals and land of those nations. Spain would never have been able to ally with America because of the territorial dispute over the Mississippi River and Trans-Appalachian West. Fortunately, the support the Americans did receive was enough to succeed in their struggle. As large as an impact diplomacy had on the American Revolution, the American Revolution had an even greater impact on diplomacy. The staunch alliances between America and European nations that we know today formed in the malleable international community following the Revolution. America formed an economic alliance with Britain that remains unbroken to this day. Moreover, countries began to form alliances with other nations regardless of their religious affiliation. For instance, America itself formed partial or full alliances with Catholic nations during the war. When studying the influence diplomacy had on the American Revolution, it makes one marvel at how effectively nations communicated then. Perhaps if modern nations allowed diplomacy to rule, the world would be a better