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Title: Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
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Publisher: Chicago, C. F. Beezley & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mber 30, 1782, Vjut the final treaty wa.snot executed until September 3d of the following year. On April 19, 1783,the eighth anniversary of Lexington, Washington at the headquarters of thearmy officially declared the war at an end. By the final treaty, England acknowledged the United States to be freeand independent, with Canada as a boundary on the north, the MississippiRiver on the we.st, and Florida, extending westward to the jMississipju, on the.south. Spain, which still owned Louisiana west of the Mississippi, now receivedFlorida from Great Britain. The American army was disbanded, and officers and men went to theirhomes dissatisfied because they had not been paid for years. Washington pre-sented himself before Congress at Annapolis and resigned his commission. TheBritish evacuated Savannah in July, 1782, Charleston in December, and NewYork City, their last post, November 25, 1783. The forts north of the Ohio,however, were held by English garrisons for ;ibout twelve years longer.
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CHAPTER VII. ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES. The Method of Government During the Revolution—Impending Anarchy—The State Boundaries—State Cessions of Land—Shays Rebellioti—.\doption of the Constitution—Its Leading Feature.s—The Ordinance of 1787—Formation of Parties—Election of the First President and Vice-President. War is not only a blight to mankind,V)nt it inflicts wounds that can never healand brings a train of woe and sufferingwhich lasts for years. The social systemis disorganized, industry checked, ie.sourcesexhausted, and a debt entailed whoseburden is felt for generations. The United.States had won the priceless boon of in-dependence, l)ut the States were exhaustedand in the lowest depths of poverty. Theywere like those who, having lost every-thing, are compelled to begin life anew. WEAKNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT. While the war was under way, theStates were held together by the one com-mon danger, and the Continental Con-gress managed the affairs of the Union

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