USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After the Revolutionary War, the British gave up control of all land from the ____
A
Atlantic Ocean to Florida
B
Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
C
Atlantic Ocean to the Ohio River
D
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the United States was recognized by Great Britain as an independent nation. The British ceded a large amount of territory in what is today known as the American Midwest, basically everything between the original 12 colonies and the Mississippi river.

Detailed explanation-3: -Britain may have lost 13 colonies in America, but it retained Canada and land in the Caribbean, Africa, and India. It began to expand in these regions, building what has been called the “Second British Empire, ” which eventually became the largest dominion in world history.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States in 1783 In 1783 the United States received a huge territory from Great Britain as part of the peace treaty ending the revolutionary war. This new region stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River, and from Canada to Spanish Florida.

Detailed explanation-5: -In October 1781, the war virtually came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent.

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