Why does the State Department acknowledge France as the first country to recognize the US when the more commonly accepted first is Morocco? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Why does the State Department acknowledge France as the first country to recognize the US when the more commonly accepted first is Morocco?

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Per the office of the US Department of State - Office of the Historian:

"What country was the first to recognize the United States?

France recognized the United States as an independent state on February 6, 1778."

Source: https://history.state.gov/about/faq/first-to-recognize-US

Way-Nerd

Why do you claim that the more commonly accepted first is Morocco? I, for one, have never heard that. Give a source for that part of the argument, and maybe we can figure it out.