THE REVOLUTION: BECOMING A NATION
a The Revolution: Becoming A Nation
1. In October, 1781, George Washington's aide rode nonstop for four
6.
2. On November 19, 1781, in Paris,
Yorktown.
to bring news of Yorktown to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia,
3. On November 25, 1781,
4. General Henry Clinton was ordered to hold all
Seaboard.
5. The British army had
troops in Charleston, South Carolina, and over
Georgia.
7. Nathaniel Green continued
found out about Yorktown.
troops in New York,
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Treaty of Paris for the U.S.
14. By March 15, 1783,
received word of
on the Atlantic
12. In August, 1782,
Loyalists and slaves from Charleston, South Carolina.
troops in Savannah,
in the Carolinas and Georgia would not lay their arms down.
8. By February, 1782, the English people feel the war is ruinous and they have no
in Europe.
9. In a first parliamentary vote to end the war, the motion is defeated by
In a re-vote three days later, the motion passed by
10. Since 1778, France has loaned the U.S.
11. In July, 1782, Sir Guy Carlton ordered the evacuation of
British troops sailed to New York;
slaves sailed to the British West Indies and Florida.
and
warfare in the South.
votes.
(number) British ships carried nearly
dollars.
vote.
Georgia.
Loyalists and
and Benjamin Franklin negotiated the
is the last safe place for Loyalists.