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The Treaty of Paris

The Treaty of Paris. End of the Revolutionary War. What was the Treaty of Paris?. The Treaty of Paris was signed 2 years after the Battle at Yorktown.

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The Treaty of Paris

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  1. The Treaty of Paris End of the Revolutionary War

  2. What was the Treaty of Paris? • The Treaty of Paris was signed 2 years after the Battle at Yorktown. • After Yorktown, King George III did not think he could win the war anymore, but he still did not want to give the American colonists independence from Great Britain. 

  3. Heading over the Atlantic… • John Adams, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin were sent from America to Great Britain to work out the terms of the peace treaty. • Finally, in September 1783, the Treaty of Paris was ratified. 

  4. What does it mean for America? • 1. END OF WAR • 2. NEW GOVERNMENT: The 13 states were free to make their own rules and create their own state and national government

  5. What does it mean for America? • 3. MORE LAND: The British gave America all the land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River, and from Canada to the north and Florida to the south.   • 4. REMOVAL OF BRITISH MILITARY • 5. FREE TRADE: Colonists were free to trade with whomever they chose. 

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