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 =     Peace of Paris    =

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"><span style="color: rgb(87, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">  = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(87, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Peace of Paris is a document that ended the Revolutionary war. It was signed in 1783 in Paris. It made peace between Great Britain, France, Spain, and The Netherlands. The Confederation Congress ratified the Peace of Paris. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(87, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(87, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(77, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);">Reason for the Document    ==

==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"><span style="color: rgb(77, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);">   == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"><span style="color: rgb(77, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);">   == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(77, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);"> <span style="color: rgb(77, 17, 176);"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);">The reason that the people of the colonies wanted the document to be written was because they wanted to end the Revolutionary war and be at peace with Britain. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay were the Americans that were going to represent the treaty. After the U.S. victory at the battle of Yorktown, Britain was finally considering the U.S. being independent. There were peace chats going on in Paris about the independence of America and peace between all of the countries involved in the Revolutionary war. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(77, 17, 176);"><span style="color: rgb(79, 15, 159);">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">Articles 1-3
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"> Article one talks about how the king needs to treat the United States as an independent nation and give them all of the same rights the other countries have. Article two states the boundaries of the United States. They did this so there would be no more fights over boundaries. Article three says that the people of the United States are able to have any fish they can catch if they have permission from the people who own the bay that they are fishing from.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">Articles 4-6
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">Article four says that traders and creditors have to pay the full value of the product and not charge a false price. Article five talks about how every state shall be given back what was taken from them from the British such as houses or food. There shall not be any other confiscations in the future is stated in article six.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">Articles 7-10
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">Article seven states that there shall be peace forever between Britain and the U.S. This is a very important part of the Peace of Paris since this is a treaty of peace. Article eight says that the Mississippi river will be open to all United States' and Britain's people. Article nine states that any territory that was taken from either of the countries shall be given back to each other without any compensation. The last article, article ten, says that everyone shall obey the rules stated in the treaty and lastly the date is written on the bottom of the page.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"> Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, but the colonists and Britain still had small battles. Three American Representatives,John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, signed the treaty and sent it. Finally George III agreed to let America have their independence.The Peace of Paris was used to end the small battles.

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">References **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(85, 21, 147);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);">Bureau of Public Affairs."Treaty of Paris, 1783" __U.S. Department of State Diplomacy in Action__.20 December 2007.23 November 2008 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);">__<span style="font-size: 95%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(91, 22, 156);"><http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ar/14313.htm> __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(85, 21, 147);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);"><span style="font-size: 95%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(91, 22, 156);"> Garraty, John A. The story of America. Austin, TX: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1994. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(85, 21, 147);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(85, 21, 147);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">   ====== <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(85, 21, 147);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(87, 7, 166);">Vitale, Don."The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783". __Archiving Early America__. 1996-2009. 23 November 2008 [|<http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/paris/] <span style="color: rgb(87, 17, 176); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(92, 27, 182);">>