In the Treaty of Aranjuez, Spain agreed to support France in its war with Britain. This was in return for assistance in recovering its former possessions of Menorca, Gibraltar, and Spanish Florida.
Conde de Floridablanca, Chief Minister of Spain 1777–1792
Comte de Vergennes, French Foreign Minister 1774-1781
The Grand Assault, Gibraltar, September 1782; defeat persuaded Spain to end the war
The First Treaty of San Ildefonso, 1 October 1777, fixed borders between the colonial possessions in South Americaheld by Spain and Portugal, primarily in the Río de la Plata region.
Colonia del Sacramento; the wharf built by Spain in 1860 [citation needed]
Pedro de Cevallos, Viceroy of Río de la Plata