Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da yankuna goma sha uku na Biritaniya a Amurka suka ayyana 'yancin kansu daga Burtaniya a 1776, abokinsu mafi bayyane shine Faransa, tsohon abokin gaba na Burtaniya kuma abokin hamayyar mulkin mallaka wanda ya rasa yawancin ƙasashensu a Amurka bayan Yaƙin Faransa da Indiya. Shugabannin Faransa sun damu da nasarar Birtaniya a cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai wanda ya canza ma'aunin ikon Turai kuma yana shirin yakin fansa tun lokacin da Yarjejeniyar Paris ta kawo karshen rikici a 1763. Ministan harkokin wajen Faransa Choiseul ya yi tunanin wannan yana faruwa a cikin kawance da Spain kuma ya haɗa da mamayewar Franco-Spanish na Birtaniya
Ka yi haƙuri. Choiseul ya kasance a shirye ya tafi yaƙi a 1770 a lokacin Falklands Crisis, amma Louis XV ya damu da motsi na jirgin ruwa na Burtaniya kuma a maimakon haka ya kori Choiseul kuma ya ja da baya.