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The Plan of 1783 was a military strategy drawn up by the French and Spanish governments to attack several British possessions in North America during 1783 as part of the American War of Independence. A combined army and naval expedition was assembled at Cadiz under the command of the Comte d'Estaing.
by which it was hoped to swiftly end the war. France's ledaers hoped that by attacking Jamaica, New York and Canada they could bring a decisive end to the war. However, it was abandoned amid a stalemate and a negotiated peace that formed the Peace of Paris recognising the independence of the United States but offering France very limitied territorial gains. The French Foreign Minister, Vergennes was releived as he had concerns about the cost of the campaign given France's increasingly strained national finances.