Dear friends,
I'm interested in what happened in North America between the surrender of Cornwallis in Yorktown and signing of the peace treaty in Paris? I know that Cornwallis capitulated his command,but there were still some 30,000 British and Loyalist troops troughout the colonies,and haven't found anywere that their C-in-C Clinton signed any surrender or truce documents. So, what was going on in the America during these two years? Did Congress reach some kind of agreement with the British forces to stop the fighting until some later date? Or did the small-scale actions continue? There is always this gap between these two events and I'm really eager to fill it.
Thanks in advance,
Gaius
What happened between Yorktown 1781 and Paris 1783?
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This may help in your information gathering:
1782
x - The Irish Parliament won legislative independence from the British Parliament.
x - Governer Morris suggests the idea of decimalizing the American coinage, and Thomas Jefferson takes up the idea based off the Spanish dollar.
jan 01 - Loyalists begin leaving America, heading north to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
jan 05 - The British withdraw from North Carolina.
feb 27 - |ENGLAND| The House of Commons votes against further war in America.
mar 05 - The British Parliament empowers the King to negotiate peace with the United States.
mar 07 - American militiamen massacre 96 Delaware Indians in Ohio in retaliation for Indian raids conducted by other tribes.
mar 20 - British Prime Minister, Lord North, resigns, succeeded two days later by Lord Rockingham who seeks immediate negotiations with the American peace commissioners.
apr 04 - Sir Guy Carleton becomes the new commander of British forces in America, replacing Gen. Clinton. Carleton will implement the new British policy of ending hostilities and withdraw British troops from America.
apr 12 - Peace talks begin in Paris between Ben Franklin ?*+ and Richard Oswald of Britain.
apr 16 - Gen. Washington establishes American army headquarters at Newburgh, New York.
apr 19 - The Dutch recognize the United States of America as a result of negotiations conducted in the Netherlands by John Adams.
jun 11 - The British evacuate Savannah, Georgia.
jun 20 - Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States of America.
aug 19 - Loyalist and Indian forces attack and defeat American settlers near Lexington, Kentucky.
aug 25 - Mohawk Indian Chief Joseph Brant conducts raids on settlements in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
aug 27 - The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River.
nov 10 - The last battle of the Revolutionary War occurs as Americans retaliate against Loyalist and Indian forces by attacking a Shawnee Indian village in the Ohio territory.
nov 30 - A preliminary peace treaty is signed in Paris. Terms include recognition of American independence and the boundaries of the United States, along with British withdrawal from America.
dec 14 - The British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina.
dec 15 - In France, strong objections are expressed by the French over the signing of the peace treaty in Paris without America first consulting them. Ben Franklin ?*+ then soothes their anger with a diplomatic response and prevents a falling out between France and America.
1783
x - Joseph Michel and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier became the first human beings to fly with their invention of the hot air balloon.
x - The Treaty of Paris formalizes the American independence and defines America's borders.
x - Calabrian earthquakes that killed 35,000 people in the southern toe of Italy.
jan 20 - England ?+ signs a preliminary peace treaty with France and Spain.
feb 03 - Spain recognizes the United States of America, followed later by Sweden, Denmark and Russia.
feb 04 - England officially declares an end to hostilities in America.
mar 10 - An anonymous letter circulates among Washington's senior officers camped at Newburgh, New York. The letter calls for an unauthorized meeting and urges the officers to defy the authority of the new U.S. national government (Congress) for its failure to honor past promises to the Continental Army. The next day, Gen. Washington forbids the unauthorized meeting and instead suggests a regular meeting to be held on March 15. A second anonymous letter then appears and is circulated. This letter falsely claims Washington himself sympathizes with the rebellious officers.
mar 15 - General Washington gathers his officers and talks them out of a rebellion against the authority of Congress, and in effect preserves the American democracy.
apr 11 - Congress officially declares an end to the Revolutionary War.
apr 26 - 7000 Loyalists set sail from New York for Canada, bringing a total of 100,000 Loyalists who have now fled America.
jun 13 - The main part of the Continental Army disbands.
1782
x - The Irish Parliament won legislative independence from the British Parliament.
x - Governer Morris suggests the idea of decimalizing the American coinage, and Thomas Jefferson takes up the idea based off the Spanish dollar.
jan 01 - Loyalists begin leaving America, heading north to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
jan 05 - The British withdraw from North Carolina.
feb 27 - |ENGLAND| The House of Commons votes against further war in America.
mar 05 - The British Parliament empowers the King to negotiate peace with the United States.
mar 07 - American militiamen massacre 96 Delaware Indians in Ohio in retaliation for Indian raids conducted by other tribes.
mar 20 - British Prime Minister, Lord North, resigns, succeeded two days later by Lord Rockingham who seeks immediate negotiations with the American peace commissioners.
apr 04 - Sir Guy Carleton becomes the new commander of British forces in America, replacing Gen. Clinton. Carleton will implement the new British policy of ending hostilities and withdraw British troops from America.
apr 12 - Peace talks begin in Paris between Ben Franklin ?*+ and Richard Oswald of Britain.
apr 16 - Gen. Washington establishes American army headquarters at Newburgh, New York.
apr 19 - The Dutch recognize the United States of America as a result of negotiations conducted in the Netherlands by John Adams.
jun 11 - The British evacuate Savannah, Georgia.
jun 20 - Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States of America.
aug 19 - Loyalist and Indian forces attack and defeat American settlers near Lexington, Kentucky.
aug 25 - Mohawk Indian Chief Joseph Brant conducts raids on settlements in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
aug 27 - The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River.
nov 10 - The last battle of the Revolutionary War occurs as Americans retaliate against Loyalist and Indian forces by attacking a Shawnee Indian village in the Ohio territory.
nov 30 - A preliminary peace treaty is signed in Paris. Terms include recognition of American independence and the boundaries of the United States, along with British withdrawal from America.
dec 14 - The British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina.
dec 15 - In France, strong objections are expressed by the French over the signing of the peace treaty in Paris without America first consulting them. Ben Franklin ?*+ then soothes their anger with a diplomatic response and prevents a falling out between France and America.
1783
x - Joseph Michel and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier became the first human beings to fly with their invention of the hot air balloon.
x - The Treaty of Paris formalizes the American independence and defines America's borders.
x - Calabrian earthquakes that killed 35,000 people in the southern toe of Italy.
jan 20 - England ?+ signs a preliminary peace treaty with France and Spain.
feb 03 - Spain recognizes the United States of America, followed later by Sweden, Denmark and Russia.
feb 04 - England officially declares an end to hostilities in America.
mar 10 - An anonymous letter circulates among Washington's senior officers camped at Newburgh, New York. The letter calls for an unauthorized meeting and urges the officers to defy the authority of the new U.S. national government (Congress) for its failure to honor past promises to the Continental Army. The next day, Gen. Washington forbids the unauthorized meeting and instead suggests a regular meeting to be held on March 15. A second anonymous letter then appears and is circulated. This letter falsely claims Washington himself sympathizes with the rebellious officers.
mar 15 - General Washington gathers his officers and talks them out of a rebellion against the authority of Congress, and in effect preserves the American democracy.
apr 11 - Congress officially declares an end to the Revolutionary War.
apr 26 - 7000 Loyalists set sail from New York for Canada, bringing a total of 100,000 Loyalists who have now fled America.
jun 13 - The main part of the Continental Army disbands.
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