<P> The war gave a boost to the kingdom 's prestige , which had suffered from the losses to Britain in the Seven Years ' War . Even though Spain 's single most coveted target , Gibraltar , remained out of its grasp , Spain had more than compensated by recovering Menorca and by reducing the British threat to its colonies in and around the Caribbean , all of which were seen as vital to Spanish interests . </P>
which state was returned to spain after the revolutionary war
Menorca