HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 18 Months, Blackboard, Anti-Federalism
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October 14, 2015: building the new republic america"s rst 25 years. Why britain lost: americans had to create their own standing army and the british already had one and the british captured all the port cities in the us. But the british didn"t use the loyalists to advance their cause, they essentially left them out to dry. British abdicated civil power when the loyalist ed the us. The war with the colonies dragged on and became more expensive so the support for the war in. Britain lagged- the colonies were able to wait the british out long enough that the fervour for the. British ghting in the colonies died certainly ended after yorktown in 1781. Negotiations for the treaty of paris lasted 2 years and in 1784 the treaty was signed and granted the colonies their independence and more territory in addition. : question asked by hector (de crevocoeur) st john.
