European Alliances Timeline

  • Treaty of Alliance With France

    The U.S. forges an alliance with France, who helps them win the Revolutionary War
  • Livingston

    Robert R. Livingston is named the first United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs
  • Jay Treaty

    The U.S. establishes the Jay Treaty with Great Britain. avoiding a war and promising peaceful trade
  • Quasi-War

    The U.S. engages in an undeclared naval war against their former French allies, eventually resulting in the termination of the Treaty of 1778
  • Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

    The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is signed, guaranteeing open passage for any nation through the proposed Panama Canal
  • The United Nations

    The Allied forces form the United Nations and the Atlantic Charter is signed and agreed upon by Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt
  • Casablanca Conference

    President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet to plan European Strategy and demand the unconditional surrender of the Axis countries
  • United Nations Charter

    America becomes a founding member and has veto power on the Security Council along with Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
  • Marshall Plan

    U.S. gives $11 billion to modernize and rebuild European countries; no repayment is asked for
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

    NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between the U.S. and several European Countries