Peace negotiations had begun in April 1782,…
October 1782 CE
Representing the United States are Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams.
David Hartley and Richard Oswald represent Great Britain.
The French Foreign Minister Vergennes had proposed in September, 1782, that is strongly opposed by his ally the United States.
France is exhausted by the war, and everyone wants peace except Spain, which insists on continuing the war until it can capture Gibraltar from the British.
Vergennes had come up with the deal that Spain will accept instead of Gibraltar.
The United States will gain its independence but be confined to the area east of the Appalachian Mountains.
Britain will take the area north of the Ohio River.
In the area south of that will be set up an independent Indian state under Spanish control.
It will be an Indian barrier state.
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