1783 Treaty of Paris

    After the Battle of Yorktown only a few minor battles took place. Britain has run out of money, so they decided that they would start trying to talk peace with us.We eventually reached an agreement with the help of Benjamen Franklin. We signed the Treaty of Paris which said the Great Britain recognized the freedom, and Independence of America. In the treaty the boundaries of the new country were set.Britain also accepted the Americans rights to settle and trade west of the original boundaries of the thirteen colonies


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