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title: "After the Battle of Saratoga France recognized the US as a nation. How did this help the war effort?"  
description: "After the Battle of Saratoga France recognized the US as a nation. How did this help the war effort?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41325/after-the-battle-of-saratoga-france-recognized-the-us-as-a-nation-how-did-this-help-the-war-effort  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# After the Battle of Saratoga France recognized the US as a nation. How did this help the war effort?

After the [Battle of Saratoga](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40954/why-is-battle-of-saratoga-thought-to-be-the-turning-point-of-the-war) [France](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51323/how-did-france-help-determine-the-outcome-of-the-american-revolution) recognized the US as a nation. How did this help the [war effort](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43417/how-did-privateers-help-the-american-war-effort)?


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