Arthur Lee's Influence To France

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John Adams, Silas Deane, Benjamin Franklin, and Arthur Lee were all commissioners to France. Thomas Jefferson was appointed as commissioner but declined because of family matters.15 Therefore, Congress appointed Arthur Lee in his place.16 They were to do as Congress asked of them in regards to France. Their roles as commissioners were to make an alliance with France and any other European country that was not against the colonies and to get France and other European countries to supply the American colonies with supplies for the war.17 These supplies included clothes, arms, and ships. If they could not get any other European countries to ally with them, their job was to make sure they did not side with Britain. Another part of their roles as
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