Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Prussia–United States)

Frederick the Great
Reichsgraf und Graf Karl Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States of America (September 10, 1785) was a treaty negotiated by Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein, Prussian Prime Minister, and Thomas Jefferson, United States Ambassador to France, and signed by Frederick the Great and George Washington. The treaty established a commercial alliance between the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States of America and was the first one signed by a European power with the United States after the American Revolutionary War. The Kingdom of Prussia became therefore one of the first nations to officially recognize the young American Republic.

The Treaty was signed to promote free trade and commerce and became a benchmark for subsequent free trade agreements and treaties. Additionally, the Treaty demanded the unconditionally humane custody for war prisoner, a novelty at the time.

The Treaty was renewed in 1799 after negotiations with United States Ambassador to Prussia John Quincy Adams (1797 -1801).

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