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"There Never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace" : Benjamin Franklin's diplomacy and the 1783 Treaty of Paris

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dc.contributor.advisorTise, Larry E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJenner, Daryl A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-28T15:04:49Z
dc.date.available2015-03-31T14:13:59Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an analysis of Benjamin Franklin's actions and motivations as he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris on behalf of the newly created United States. It examines three distinct phases beginning with Franklin's dispatch to France as a member of a three-member commission, his tenure as minister plenipotentiary prior to the actual peace process, and the diplomatic strategies he employed while engaging the British in search of an acceptable peace. This revision of Franklin's diplomatic legacy contributes to his historiography by relying on previously unpublished and obscure sources and by proposing a new interpretation of how Franklin's diplomatic initiatives had the effect of giving a new shape to the Atlantic world.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent182 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4554
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectDiplomacyen_US
dc.subjectParis (France)en_US
dc.subject.lcshFranklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain. Treaties, etc.--United States, 1783 September 3
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace
dc.title"There Never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace" : Benjamin Franklin's diplomacy and the 1783 Treaty of Parisen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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