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Blogs by Karen Palumbo
On This Day 4/15/1783
5/11/2011 9:04:27 PM
Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain
The Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies the preliinary peace treaty with Great Britain that was signed in November, 1782. The congressional move brings the nascent nation one step closer to the conclusion of the "American Revolution".
Five months later, on September 3, 1783 the "Treaty of Paris" was signed by Representatives of the United States,Great Britain, Spain, and France, officially bringing an end to the "American Revolution". It also formalized Great Britain's recognition of America's Independence.
The "Treaty of Paris" established the Mississippi River as the western boundary of the new United States. This treaty allowed United States fishermen to troll the waters off Newfoundland, Canada. The "Treaty of Paris" recognized the legitimacy of pre-war debts owed by Americans and Britons. The "Treaty of Paris" promised to reunite American Loyalists with property seized from them during the "American Revolution".
The Americans and Britons were satisfied with the agreement. However, western Native Americans who had allied themselves to Great Britain discovered that their land had been handed over by the British to the Americans without consultation or compensation.
As they had neither lost their battles nor negotiated a treaty with the Americans, they continued to fight until 1795. Spain assisted southern Native Americans as they fought to protect their land from encroaching Georgia natives.
North of the Ohio Valley, the British maintained Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Detroit, despite their promise to withdraw in the "Treaty of Paris". The British argued that the Americans had breeched the "Treaty of Paris" by failing to return Loyalist property and pay British creditors as promised.
American willingness to trade with revolutionary France further angered the British, and increased their promises of British aid to aggrieved Native Americans. The British only retreated from the Northwest Territory following the negotiation of the controversial Jay Treaty with Great Britain, which was ratified in 1795.
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