Morocco was one of many first nations to acknowledge the newly unbiased United States, opening its ports to American ships by decree of Sultan Mohammed III in 1777. Morocco formally acknowledged the US by signing a treaty of peace and friendship in 1786, a doc that continues to be the longest unbroken relationship in U.S. historical past. Full diplomatic relations started in 1905. Morocco entered into the standing of a French protectorate from 1912 to 1956, and regular diplomatic relations resumed after U.S. recognition of Moroccan independence in 1956. @hothistorymemes
