What became a stumbling block when the u. s. and france were negotiating a peace with the british?

a. france wanted england to return gibraltar to spain.

b. benjamin franklin lost favor with the french officials.

c. britain refused to give up the new england colonies.

d. the american diplomats began to fight among themselves.

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.