Peace negotiations open in Paris

Following the fall of Prime Minister Frederick North's government on 20 March, in the wake of the British defeat at Yorktown, peace negotiations began in Paris in April 1782 and continued through the summer. In September 1782, French Foreign Minister Vergennes proposed a solution to the deadlocked negotiations between the United States and the British, which the United States rejected. Vergennes also developed treaty terms under which Spain would forego holding Gibraltar and the United States would be granted independence but confined east of the Appalachian Mountains.