At the same time Congress was drawing on Franklin in Paris for money to meet its requirements and Franklin was expected to persuade the French treasury to furnish him with what he needed and to an amazing degree succeeded in doing so.

The self interest which Washington believed to be the dominant motive in politics was, it is clear, actively at work.
In the end the American Commissioners negotiated directly with Great Britain, without asking for the consent of their French allies.

On November 30, 1782, articles of peace between Great Britain and the United States were signed.

They were, however, not to go into effect until Great Britain and France had agreed upon terms of peace; and it was not until September 3, 1783, that the definite treaty was signed.

So far as the United States was concerned Spain was left quite properly to shift for herself.
Thus it was that the war ended.