THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE TREATY OF PARIS
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Detailed explanation-1: -After Westphalia in 1648, the war continued between Spain and France, with neither side able to achieve decisive victory. France made gains in Flanders and along the north-eastern end of the Pyrenees, but by 1658 both sides were financially exhausted, leading them to make peace in November 1659.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French accepted these terms and on April 12, 1779, Floridablanca and French ambassador Armand Marc, Count of Montmorin, signed the Treaty of Aranjuez, effectively bringing Spain into the American Revolutionary War. Spain finalized this treaty and declared war against Great Britain on June 21, 1779.
Detailed explanation-3: -As two of the most powerful kingdoms of the early modern era, France and Spain fought a 24-year war (the Franco-Spanish War) until the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.