Ka kammala wannan magana: Arewa ta ba da cikakkiyar dabarar yaƙin ga manyan hafsoshinsa Lord George Germain da Earl na Sandwich. Duk da jerin nasarori da kuma kama New York da Philadelphia, Birtaniya ba su iya samun nasara ba. A shekara ta 1778, Faransanci ya haɗa kai da 'yan tawayen Amurka, kuma Spain ta shiga yaƙin a shekara ta 1779 a matsayin abokiyar Faransa, sai Jamhuriyar Holland a shekara ta 1780. 'Yan Birtaniya sun sami kansu suna yaƙi da duniya a nahiyoyi huɗu ba tare da abokin tarayya ba. Bayan 1778, 'yan Burtaniya sun mayar da hankali ga kokarin da suke yi don kare West Indies, kamar yadda sukarin sukari ya sa su da muhimmanci ga Birtaniya fiye da Goma sha uku Colonies. A shekara ta 1779, Birtaniya ta fuskanci hangen nesa na babban mamayewar Faransa da Spain, amma
Armada na 1779 a ƙarshe ya kasa. Yawancin shirye-shiryen zaman lafiya sun kasa, kuma ƙoƙarin Richard Cumberland don yin sulhu daban da Spain ya ƙare cikin takaici.