Hate Thy Enemy

During the American War of Independence, French Diplomat Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes proposed a peace treaty to the British that would allow them to keep large swaths of the Old Northwest, Maine, New York City, and Savannah. The American diplomats responded to this by demanding the British to reject the treaty and deal with them directly as the United States of America. The British gave the Americans what they wanted and hope that it would break up the French-American Alliance. But what would happen if the British took Vergennes offer instead?
 
During the American War of Independence, French Diplomat Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes proposed a peace treaty to the British that would allow them to keep large swaths of the Old Northwest, Maine, New York City, and Savannah. The American diplomats responded to this by demanding the British to reject the treaty and deal with them directly as the United States of America. The British gave the Americans what they wanted and hope that it would break up the French-American Alliance. But what would happen if the British took Vergennes offer instead?

The US would refuse to recognize the treaty and continue to fight. It'll be a lot harder without France alongside them, but they'll do it. Otherwise, they essentially end up as an agrarian protectorate of Britain or France. They'd lose their largest city and most of the lands that they wanted to colonize in the future if they accepted the treaty.
 
The US would refuse to recognize the treaty and continue to fight. It'll be a lot harder without France alongside them, but they'll do it. Otherwise, they essentially end up as an agrarian protectorate of Britain or France. They'd lose their largest city and most of the lands that they wanted to colonize in the future if they accepted the treaty.

Wouldn't the US ally with France to try and take some territory in a 1812 type war?
 
Wouldn't the US ally with France to try and take some territory in a 1812 type war?

Probably not. If France stabbed them in the back like this the U.S. would never again trust the French. They might still take it in an 1812 war but the French will not be allied with the United States.
 
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