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 French discontent with the Treaty of Paris

 Revival of the French navy

 Discipline among French naval officers of the time

 Choiseul's foreign policy

 Domestic troubles in Great Britain

 Controversies with the North American colonies

 Genoa cedes Corsica to France

 Dispute between England and Spain about the Falkland Islands

 Choiseul dismissed

 Death of Louis XV

 Naval policy of Louis XVI

 Characteristics of the maritime war of 1778

 Instructions of Louis XVI. To the French admirals

 Strength of English navy

 Characteristics of the military situation in America

 The line of the Hudson

 Burgoyne's expedition from Canada

 Howe carries his army from New York to the Chesapeake

 Surrender of Burgoyne, 1777

 American privateering

 Clandestine support of the Americans by France

 Treaty between France and the Americans

 Vital importance of the French fleet to the Americans

 The military situation in the different quarters of the globe

 Breach between France and England

 Sailing of the British and French fleets

 Battle of Ushant, 1778

 Position of a naval commander-in-chief in battle