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THE END OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

THE END OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1. Use the information in the PowerPoint to fill in the complaints that each group had about the treaty. 2. When you are told to copy the slides, copy them onto the back of the WS. General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in Yorktown, Virginia

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THE END OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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  1. THE END OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  2. 1. Use the information in the PowerPoint to fill in the complaints that each group had about the treaty. 2. When you are told to copy the slides, copy them onto the back of the WS.

  3. General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in Yorktown, Virginia October 19, 1781 “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

  4. Cornwallis refused to attend ceremony and sent subordinate In return, Washington sent a subordinate

  5. Copy the next 3 slides onto your WS

  6. Treaty of Paris, 1783 officially ended war Signed in Paris American negotiators-Franklin, John Adams and John Jay

  7. TERMS • Boundary between U.S. and Canada • Boundary between U.S. and Florida • U.S. fishing rights off Canada • America pay legitimate debts to • British merchants

  8. U.S. Border in 1783 N-Canada S-Spanish Florida E-Atlantic Ocean W-Mississippi River

  9. The terms were not agreeable to everyone. African Americans-some were returned to slavery British-lost valuable property; not all debts were repaid

  10. Loyalists-many did not get their land or businesses back; debts were not repaid Native Americans-lost their land

  11. Patriots-many debts owed to merchants were not repaid; British did not leave forts in Ohio Valley

  12. As a result of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 the U.S. received all land EAST of the Mississippi river. DID NOT receive Florida

  13. Copy the next slide onto your WS

  14. The most important outcome of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 was that a new nation was created

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