The Treaty of Paris

American independence was already a fact. It was no longer britons to concede. French seemed more than happy to blow off american issues like newfoundland fishing rights, until word reached paris that admiral de gross had just been trounced in the caribbean. By september, though, they all agreed to a formulation that allowed both sides to have their way. And oswald agreed that he was treating with representatives of the united states,. which went far enough to satisfy the americans but fell just short of formal recognition.