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American Revolution Podcast

ARP319 Gibraltar Threatens Negotiations

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6938 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

John Jay takes a central role in negotiating peace with Britain after he loses trust that France will negotiate with America's interests in mind. France works with its ally Spain to retake Gibraltar, which Spain set as a condition for ending the war. At the same time, France tries to negotiate peace with Britain on its own terms. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: American Independence Through Prussian Eyes: A Neutral View of the Peace Negotiations of 1782-1783, by Martin L. Brown. Online Recommendation of the Week: John Jay, by George Pellew: https://archive.org/details/johnjay00pell_2 Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.2

This week episode 319, France struggles toward peace.

0:54.4

Last week we left off with the struggles of both the British and American delegations

0:59.0

to form a coherent negotiation strategy for the peace treaty. The British Prime Minister, the Earl of Shelburne,

1:05.8

seemed to change his views on American independence with each conversation.

1:10.3

Benjamin Franklin, who had been the American representative in France for several years,

1:15.2

was dealing with recall efforts headed by Arthur Lee in the Continental Congress.

1:20.7

Franklin also had to figure out a way to work with his fellow peace commissioners.

1:25.4

Now sometime during the summer of 1782, Franklin suffered a bout of bladder stones,

1:31.7

which made traveling or even just moving very painful.

1:35.6

Franklin had to remain in bed and John Jay took over the primary negotiation

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