The peace treaty was named the Treaty of Paris and recognized the United States' independence. Congress approved the document on April 15th. The document established the new borders and territories, and fishing rights. Also, Britain gave Florida to Spain. British also accepted some rights to settle more west of the thirteen colonies. All the soldiers returned successfully except the people hurt during the war. George Washington told how grateful he was for the hard working and devoted soldiers he had. In the end, we won this Revolutionary War and hopefully there will be more that we will win in the future. For now though,i'm just glad I have my whole family back until the next war, but I can worry about that when it comes up.
Until next time,
Abigail Samson
Deverell, William, and Deborah Gray. White. "Chapter 4." United States History: Beginnings to 1877. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. Print.
"American Revolutionary War | The Treaty of Paris Formally Ends the War | Event View." Xtimeline - Explore and Create Free Timelines. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. .~Photograph
The Battle of Yorktown was a successful end to the war to achieve peace. Not all battles and disputes were over but everything was considered to be ended. On November 30th, we ended a peace treaty with Britain and is considered and declared an important day. My family and I have been doing well and everything has returned to normal. I have to give thanks to George Washington for ending the war for everyone and I'm sure everyone is grateful for everything he did for our country.
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"Battles of the American Revolution - 1780." Laughter and Lawter Genealogy Research Center. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. .
My husband and sons have come back since the war has ended and it has made us very happy and joyful! Peace discussions have begun between us and the British. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay spoke for the United States, while Richard Oswald spoke for the British. I am very happy that the war is over and we are discussing peace.
"Battles of the American Revolution - 1780." Laughter and Lawter Genealogy Research Center. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. .
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George Washington cut off all the escape routes and surrounded General Cornwallis. The French blocked off the escape by water, and the battle began. After many weeks we eventually wore down the British defense. On October 19th, Cornwallis sent a white flag and a drummer as his sign of surrender. We took about 8,000 people as prisoners. The war was over! It was worth celebrating as everyone went outside and partied.
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Deverell, William, and Deborah Gray. White. "Chapter 4." United States History: Beginnings to 1877. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. Print.
We are running low on money for supplies and soldiers. The allies are helping as much as they can but its not going as planned. The British had the South, Philadelphia, and New York. The Continental Army was harassing the British and General Cornwallis moved to Virginia. General Washington saw a opportunity to trap him at Yorktown and ordered to trap him by land. I just hope this will go as smooth as planned and get this thing over with.
Deverell, William, and Deborah Gray. White. "Chapter 4." United States History: Beginnings to 1877. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. Print.
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General Gates formed an army to replace the one lost in the battle at Charleston. He hurried along to challenge General Cornwallis to a battle with his new and refreshed army. General Cornwallis and General Gates happened to meet very unexpectedly in Camden, the British base. They went into battle. The militiamen were cowards and mostly just ran away scared for there lives while the Continentals fought head on with the British. Eventually the battle had finished and we had lost again. This was a big loss for the Patriots. Soon we found out one of our military post generals had sided with the British and almost turned his post over to the British. Some of the frontiersmen terrorized some suspected loyalists and joined in a short battle near their home.
"Battles of the American Revolution - 1780." Laughter and Lawter Genealogy Research Center. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. .
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General Clinton lead the British to a victory in Charleston. The Patriots were surrounded as soon as we got there. We surrendered and handed over our prisoners. We are losing our confidence and are all of a sudden losing our battles. General Cornwallis is back in New York and thinks the war is over. He left some of his British men in Charleston though. I have heard about some rebels that have been making some attacks on the British supplies and the loyalists.
"Battles of the American Revolution - 1780." Laughter and Lawter Genealogy Research Center. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. .
"Siege of Charleston Was Key Revolutionary War Battle." The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment. 04 July 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. .~Photograph
