Question: What is the position of the minister to the country from which the 13 colonies declared independence who negotiated a treaty in 1795?

<P0-S0> when he returned home in 1785, franklin occupied a position only second to that of george washington as the champion of american independence. <P0-S1> le ray honored him with a commissioned portrait painted by joseph duplessis, which now hangs in the national portrait gallery of the smithsonian institution in washington, d.c. after his return, franklin became an abolitionist and freed his two slaves. <P0-S2> he eventually became president of the pennsylvania abolition society.in 1787, franklin served as a delegate to the philadelphia convention. <P0-S3> he held an honorary position and seldom engaged in debate. <P0-S4> he is the only founding father who is a signatory of all four of the major documents of the founding of the united states: the declaration of independence, the treaty of alliance with france, the treaty of paris and the united states constitution. <SEP> <P1-S0> By spring 1775, all royal officials had been expelled, and the Continental Congress hosted a convention of delegates for the 13 colonies. <P1-S1> It raised an army to fight the British and named George Washington its commander, made treaties, declared independence, and recommended that the colonies write constitutions and become states. <P1-S2> The Second Continental Congress assembled in May 1775 and began to coordinate armed resistance against Britain. <P1-S3> It established a government that recruited soldiers and printed its own money. <P1-S4> General Washington took command of the Patriot soldiers in New England and forced the British to withdraw from Boston. <P1-S5> In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence from Britain. <P1-S6> With the help of France and Spain, they defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War. <P1-S7> In the Treaty of Paris (1783), Britain officially recognized the independence of the United States of America. <SEP> <P2-S0> Jay Treaty Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America First page of the Jay Treaty Context To relieve post-war tension between Britain and the United States Signed November 19, 1794 (1794 - 11 - 19) Location London Effective February 29, 1796 (1796 - 02 - 29) Negotiators William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville John Jay Signatories Kingdom of Great Britain United States Jay's Treaty at Wikisource <SEP> <P3-S0> John Jay (December 23, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–1795). <P3-S1> He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. <SEP> <P4-S0> paleo - indians migrated from asia to the north american mainland at least 15,000 years ago. <P4-S1> european colonization began in the 16th century. <P4-S2> the united states emerged from 13 british colonies along the east coast. <P4-S3> numerous disputes between great britain and the colonies following the seven years' war led to the american revolution, which began in 1775, and the subsequent declaration of independence in 1776. the war ended in 1783 with the united states becoming the first country to attain independence from a european power. <P4-S4> the current constitution was adopted in 1788. the first ten amendments, collectively named the bill of rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties.