THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE TREATY OF PARIS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lacking the financial resources to raise a new army, the British government appealed to the Americans for peace. Almost two years later, on September 3, 1783, the signing of the Treaty of Paris brought the war to an end.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Surrender at Yorktown. America declared its independence in 1776, but it took another five years to win freedom from the British. That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virginia | Sep 28-Oct 19, 1781. The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation-the United States of America.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British tried to surrender to the French, but they made the British surrender to the Americans. In this battle between the French, Americans, and the British, nearly one third of the soldiers were Germans. There were thousands on each side. The French forces were led by the Comte de Rochambeau.