Ka kammala wannan jumla: Sa'ad da yankuna goma sha uku na Biritaniya a Amirka suka yi shelar 'yancin kansu daga Biritaniya a shekara ta 1776, abokinsu mafi kyau shi ne Faransa, wadda ta daɗe tana gāba da Biritaniya kuma tana hamayya da ita a matsayin mai mulkin mallaka wadda ta yi hasarar yawancin ƙasashenta a Amirka 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 zai faru a cikin kawance da Spain kuma ya hada da Franco-Spanish
mamayewar Birtaniya. 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.