The peace settlement did more than recognize American independence. Britain returned Florida to Spain, changing the geography around the new republic. The United States consequently faced British territory on its northern frontier and Spanish power to the south rather than emerging without major neighboring empires. The watch point shows how a global peace could exchange territory in ways that created the next generation of strategic problems.
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The peace gives the new United States two powerful neighbors
Britain's return of Florida to Spain leaves the newly independent United States between British territory to the north and Spanish territory to the south.