The War Effects...

The Treaty of Paris

The end of the war needed to be officialized, the Patriots did win the war due to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown but what officially ended the war was: The Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783. The three American negotiators, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, played really well their roll at negotiating and pushing for the points of national interest that guaranteed a future for the United States. Two main points of the treaty were British recognition of U.S. independence and the new boundaries that would allow famericans to settle West the Appalachians.

The treaty was named for the city in which it was negotiated and signed. The last page has the signatures of David Hartley, who represented Great Britain, and the three American negotiators. Once Independence was  officially over, the Americans were at the beginning of the end. They had a nation to build. But not everything was fine back in the U.S. because the treaty affected the Loyalists in many ways, even though the British were trying to keep their allies by setting conditions, it was a vain effort. The Treaty stated that the Loyalist couldn't return, plus they were being mobed. And in the end, the British didn't recognized their Loyalists, they just left them behind, breaking many Loyalists dreams. The Loyalist situation didn't have much importance as slavery did. They still had the slavery issue to be resolved. The Revolution created many ideals  and inspired several slaves to demand freedom. Slavery was popular in the Southern states but it was not seen right in the Northern states. Since many slaves joined the Continental Army, they feared the fact that black people were getting guns because they thought that could come back and take revenge on them. But they wouldn't, the only thing they looked for was: emancipation. The honorable Americans were being called hypocrites by the British, they said that how come they've been fighting for freedom and they're holding slaves, taking away their freedom? Demanding equal rights for everybody and not doing so. So, slavery and other minorities became quite an issue after the end of the War.