The End of the Revolutionary War and the Treaty of Paris

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The End of the Revolutionary War and the Treaty
of Paris

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• Kirt
• Jessica
• Billy

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Benjamin Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. You
  can find Bens gravesite, Benjamin Franklin
  National Memorial, Franklin Institution Science
  Museum in Philadelphia which is his home town.

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Benjamin Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin lived words of wisdom by
  writing as much as he could. He was famous for
  being a scientist, statesman, inventor, printer,
  musician, economist, and philosopher. He was one
  of our founding fathers and he was one of
  Americas greatest citizens.

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George Washington

• George Washington was born on February 22, 1732
  in Westmoreland County,Virginia.
• Washington was everyones choice to lead the
  nation as its first president, April 30 1789 -
  1797, serving two servings.

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George Washington

• In July of 1775 George Washington arrived in
  Cambridge, Massachusetts to command his
  ill-trained troops in a war that was supposed to
  last six years. In October of 1781 he forced
  General Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown.

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Treaty of Paris

• King George the third acknowledges the United
  States New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
  Bay, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland,
  Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South
  Carolina and Georgia to be independent states.
  Relinquishes all claims to the government in the
  territorial rights of the same and every part
  thereof.

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Treaty of Paris

• All disputes which might arise in the future on
  the subject of boundaries of the united states
  may be prevented its hereby agreed and declared
  that the following shall be their boundaries. A
  line is drawn from the source of St. Croix river
  to the highlands.
• Its said to divide all the rivers that empty
  themselves in the river thence.

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Treaty of Paris

• People of the United States continued to enjoy
  the right to take fish from the Grand Bank.
• Creditors on either side shall meet with no
  lawful impediment to the recovery of the full
  value and sterling money.

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Treaty of Paris

• Congress shall recommend it to the legislatures
  of the respective states to provide for the
  restitution of all estates, rights, and
  properties.
• No person shall on that account suffer of any
  loss or damage, in his person liberty or property.

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Treaty of Paris

• All prisoners on both sides shall be set at
  liberty.
• Navigation on the Mississippi river, shall
  forever remain free and open.
• It is agreed that the the same shall be restored
  without difficulty and without requiring any
  compensation

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End of the Revolutionary War

• In December 1782, the officers seeing in the
  continued weakness and poverty of their
  government no apparent security for a future.
• In the later part of the winter of 1783, the
  discontent in the army appeared more formidable
  then ever.

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End of the Revolutionary War

• The last fight between the Americans and the
  British was the attempt to capture the colors of
  Day Castle in the old war for independence.

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Bibliography
Sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html The American
Republic text book www.vcsc.k12.in.us/tcr/liberty
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmddhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
www.specialoperations.com/multimedia/sound.html