15,697
edits
Changes
no edit summary
[[File: US Navy 031029-N-6236G-001 A painting of President John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd president of the United States, by Asher B. Durand (1767-1845)-crop.jpg |thumbnail|left|250px|John Adams by Asher Brown Durand]]__NOTOC__
The Model Treaty was a template for commercial treaties that the United States Continental Congress sought to make with France and Spain to secure assistance in the struggle against the British in the American Revolution. Congress approved the treaty on September 17, 1776. The Model Treaty did not contain provisions for direct military support, but rather for the supply of weapons and other indirect assistance, in addition to favorable commercial terms.
