On the 6th of February, 1778, Vergennes (the French foreign minister) and Louis XVI decided to sign with Benjamin Franklin a treaty of friendship and official alliance with the 13 colonies. France recognized the independent status of the colonies, both parties agreed that peace would not be signed separately, and the colonies engaged themselves in protecting French possessions in America. Battles were initiated in America in the Antilles.
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King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was overthrown and beheaded by the guillotine.
King Louis XVI of France.
The French monarch in 1789 was King Louis XVI. He became King of France in 1774.
Originally, prior to the French Revolution, the French monarchs such as Louis XVI lived in the palace of Versailles.