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End of the War and the Treaty of Paris

End of the War and the Treaty of Paris. Battle of Yorktown. Cornwallis and his men limped into Yorktown after a series of bloody conflicts with patriots in South, Clinton still in NY Cornwallis was British general in South  ordered to Yorktown peninsula to wait for ships to bring troops to NY.

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End of the War and the Treaty of Paris

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  1. End of the Warand theTreaty of Paris

  2. Battle of Yorktown • Cornwallis and his men limped into Yorktown after a series of bloody conflicts with patriots in South, Clinton still in NY • Cornwallis was British general in South  ordered to Yorktown peninsula to wait for ships to bring troops to NY

  3. Battle of Yorktown (1781) • GW marched troops from NY to Yorktown • French navy sailed to Yorktown • Trapped British on Peninsula • Shelled British for 3 weeks • Cornwallis forced to surrender 10/17/81

  4. Cornwallis’ Surrender at Yorktown: “The World Turned Upside Down!” Painted by John Trumbull, 1797

  5. Why did the British Lose???

  6. Creation of the Treaty • Franklin, Jay, Adams sought to advance American interests in lengthy negotiations: • Original demands: independence, large territorial concessions (Canada), and fishing rights • Americans feared the French/Spanish would bargain with British at the expense of the U.S. • France did not want a powerful US • Ignoring Congress instructions, they made a separate peace with the British before full negotiations took place. • Britain liberal with Americans because did not want them to make a close alliance with France, wanted to reopen trade

  7. Provisions of Treaty • Britain recognized US independence • Boundaries set: • Great Lakes on the North • Mississippi River on the West • Florida on the South. No access to the Gulf of Mexico • But access to Mississippi • What Didn’t they get?!?!

  8. Provisions of Treaty • Fishing access for Americans in waters off East Canada • Britain evacuates Forts in US • State Governments would ensure: • Lawful contracted debts to be paid to creditors on either side • No further persecution of Loyalists, restitution for confiscated property • No reference to ending slave trade, an original goal of the Americans

  9. North America After theTreaty of Paris, 1783

  10. Effects of the Treaty of Paris • British Recognized Independence, but gave US little respect • British did not attempt to protect land of Native American allies • Britain did not specify when they would evacuate their American forts • State governments did not follow through on: • Recovery of Loyalist property • Pay back of debt owed to Britain

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