@Honzinator France had signed a separate pact with Spain, which the US didn't sign, to continue fighting until Spain's goal of taking Gibraltar was accomplished. This pact would have drawn the US into a war it could not afford to fight in. Thus they signed a separate treaty with Britain.
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@Honzinator France had signed a separate pact with Spain, which the US didn't sign, to continue fighting until Spain's goal of taking Gibraltar was accomplished. This pact would have drawn the US into a war it could not afford to fight in. Thus they signed a separate treaty with Britain.