Revolutionary diplomacy : Spanish connections and the birth of the United States / Thomas E. Chávez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chavez, Thomas E., author.

Series:

Revolutionary age (Charlottesville, Va.)

The Revolutionary Age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, Spanish.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.

United States--Foreign relations--Spain.

Spain--Foreign relations--United States.

Spain.

Physical Description:

xii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Using Benjamin Franklin as his guiding figure, Thomas Chávez details the exchanges, successes, and failures of America's first diplomatic contacts with Spain and the Spanish world during the Revolutionary War. Scholars have only recently begun to scrutinize and fully appreciate Spain's crucial aid to the thirteen rebelling colonies; aid that helped guarantee the nascent United States' independence. Aside from covering Franklin's diplomatic forays, he also introduces readers to Franklin's fellow America envoys Silas Deane, Arthur Lee, John Jay, and Robert Morris, and recounts their interactions with the Count of Vergennes, the Count of Aranda, and the Count of Floridablanca at the Spanish court. As Chávez shows, the diplomatic exchanges between the Continental Congress and the Spanish king, through these intermediaries, expanded a thirteen-colony rebellion into a world war"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Chaavez, Thomas E. Revolutionary diplomacy

ISBN:

9780813952895

0813952891

9780813952901

0813952905

OCLC:

1464951099

Publisher Number:

90100996388