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====Franklin negotiates an Alliance with France====
[[File:ergennesVergennes,_Charles_Gravier_comte_de.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, French Foreign Minister]]
Benjamin Franklin’s popularity in France bolstered French support for the American cause. The French public viewed Franklin as a representative of republican simplicity and honesty, an image Franklin cultivated. A rage for all things Franklin and American swept France, assisting American diplomats and Vergennes in pushing for an alliance. In the meantime, Vergennes agreed to provide the United States with a secret loan.
