Explanation:Originally sent to Paris to assist Benjamin Franklin and John Adams with commercial negotiations, Thomas Jefferson was formally appointed to full Minister Plenipotentiary in 1785 where he was enormously popular with the French public. His ministerial successes included a treaty with Prussia in 1785 and a Consular Convention with France in 1788. When Jefferson left in 1789, it was to assume the post of Secretary of State in the new federal government under President George Washington. As the United States’ first Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson supported the French as America’s natural allies but abided by Washington’s preference for neutrality in foreign policy.
