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v=m5YIBmfZid0 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783 King George III The King was determined "never to acknowledge the independence of the Americans, and to punish their contumacy by the indefinite prolongation of a war which promised to be eternal. He did not want to surrender such a large territory. The Treaties of Paris, by which Britain recognized the independence of the American states and returned Florida to Spain, were signed in 1782 and 1783.

The Role of France in the American Revolution 1775-1783 France bitterly resented its loss on the Seven Years' War. It was a war that took place between 1754 and 1763. This war was a success for Great Britain, which gained the bulk of New France in eastern Canada, Spanish Florida, some individual Caribbean islands in the West Indies, the colony of Senegal on the West African coast and superiority over the French trading outposts on the Indian subcontinent ). France sought revenge; it also wanted to keep Britain from becoming too powerful. The opportunity was now at hand. In early 1776, France set up a major program of aid to the Americans. French money, munitions, soldiers and naval forces proved essential to America's victory over the Crown, but France gained little except large debts. The most famous French man was Lafayette. He became an aide to Washington and a combat general. More importantly he solidified a favourable American view of France. Native Americans Joseph Brant or Thayendanegea, Mohawk chief, led four of the "Six Nations" against the American rebels. Some Indians tried to remain neutral, seeing little value in joining a European conflict and fearing reprisals from whichever side they opposed. However a lot of Native Americans supported the British Crown, both because of trading relationships and its efforts to prohibit colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. The great majority of the 200,000 Native Americans east of the Mississippi distrusted the colonists and supported the British cause. The British provided Indians with funding and weapons to attack American outposts. At the peace conference following the war (1783), the British ceded lands which they did not really control, and did not consult their Indian allies. They "transferred" control to the Americans of all the land east of the Mississippi and north of Florida. The British did not give up their forts in the West (what is now the Ohio to Wisconsin)

Benjamin Franklin Franklin spearheaded the effort to have Parliament in London repeal the unpopular Stamp Act of 1765. (It required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.) An accomplished diplomat, he was an American minister in Paris. His efforts aimed at securing support for the American Revolution by shipments of crucial munitions proved vital for the American war effort. He is one of the Founding Fathers of the USA as he signed the declaration of independence in 1776. He was also a great inventor.

until 1796; they kept alive the dream of forming a satellite Indian nation there, which they called a Neutral Indian Zone.