The Battle of Yorktown

1. The Battle of Yorktown The World Turned Upside Down

7. The Treaty of Paris1783

8. Peace At Last • Peace talks begin in Paris in 1782 • Representatives from five nations: • United States • Great Britain • France • Spain • The Netherlands

9. The Players • Each nation had their own interests: • Britain: • Avoid giving Americans full independence • Protect Loyalists still remaining in America • France: • America should not become a major power • Spain: • Interested in acquiring land

10. Creation of the Treaty • Continental Congress sends Representatives: • Ben Franklin • John Jay • John Adams • Americans feared the French and Spanish would bargain with British at the expense of the U.S. • Americans made peace with the British before full negotiations took place. • Three reps. demanded that Britain recognize full American independence before talks begin; Britain agrees.

12. Provisions of Treaty • Confirmed independence of U.S. • Boundaries set from Great Lakes on the North to the Mississippi River on the West to Florida on the South. No access to the Gulf of Mexico • No further persecution of Loyalists and restitution for confiscated property "recommended" to states. • No reference to ending slave trade, an original goal of the Americans

13. Effects of the Treaty of Paris • British Recognized Independence, but gave U.S. 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