... France and Russia  1904 - Entente Cordiale - Britain and France  1907 - Triple Entente - Britain, Russia and France As well as these new Alliances, past history between France and Germany through the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1870) caused more friction as they were separated again through the Alliance systems. As ... to build a better navy and weapons. Around 1900, George and Wilhelm were getting quite fierce with each other. Then in 1906, Britain introduced a revolutionary new battleship, HMS Dreadnought. It was 527ft long, 18110 tons and it could go up to 21 knots. It had 10 x ...

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... be no more treaties before the colonists gained liberty, sovereignty and independence.[ii] The treaty also opened both nations ports to the others commerce and guaranteed French possessions in the New World. Therefore this alliance was very important as it brought optimism and boosted the morale of the patriots. As one soldier from Pennsylvania said, "There has been a great change in ... to Britain's defeat. Food that did reach America created another problem for the British, as there were no good means to store or distribute the food. Therefore the food often sat on the ships holding t...

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