Why did the Americans pursue an independent course for peace, instead of working with the French?

The Americans pursued an independent cause for peace instead of working with the French because they wanted  to negotiate peace based on their own terms.

Treaty of Paris signified and end to the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States.

  It formally recognized American independence and established the  borders for the new nation.

The Treaty of Paris which formally ended the war, was not signed until September 3, 1783.

The treaty also resolved the Spanish claims in West Florida. It also ensured that the British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.

Learn more about the Treaty of Paris at link

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Unfortunately, you did not specify the time in history you are talking about. There are also no options attached.

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You are probably talking about the help the French government offered to the United States during the Revolutionary War of Independence against the British troops. If this is the case, then Americans pursue an independent course for peace, instead of working with the French because the American colonists preferred to negotiate peace and the signing of a treaty on their own terms.

That is why the colonist's leaders decided to send three prominent Americans to France, to negotiate the Treaty of Paris. and formally end the Revolutionary War.

These three men were John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.

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