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_2Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcastAsk your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.comJoin the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcastJoin the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcastSupport this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcastor via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices