Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 18 ga Mayu, an tabbatar da shawarar ci gaba da cikakken 'yancin kai a matsayin batun tattaunawa ta hanyar zuwan labarai a Turai cewa, fiye da wata daya da suka gabata, Admiral Rodney ya sami ikon yin amfani da shi a matsayin shugaban kasa.
nasara a kan Faransanci a cikin Caribbean, wanda shi da Birtaniya suka buƙaci sosai, kama da Faransanci Admiral de Grasse. An mayar da Grenville zuwa Faransa don yin shawarwari tare da Amurkawa da Faransanci, amma ya sami kansa yana samun ci gaba kaɗan tare da ko dai - kawai lokacin da Oswald ya gaya masa game da shawarar Kanada ya fara fahimtar dalilin, kuma ya rubuta wasiƙar fushi ga Charles Fox, wanda ba shi da farin ciki game da abin da abokin hamayyarsa Shelburne yake yi. Bayan ya fallasa yaudarar ga abokan aikinsa, a ƙarshen Yuni Fox ya ba da shawarar jefa ƙuri'a cewa ya kamata a yarda da 'yancin Amurka ba tare da wani sharadi ba, amma a cikin hasken nasarar Rodney da kuma sakamakon rauni na Faransa, wannan an ƙi shi (duk da cewa labarin cewa hadaddiyar rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Spain da Amurka sun tilasta wa Spain ta mika wuya Bahamas ya isa Burtaniya a wannan lokacin).