Ch 7 Sec 4I. Why Americans Won

A. Better leadershipA. Foreign aid (France and Spain)B. Knew the landC. Motivated

II. Treaty of Paris 1783

A. USA is independentB. USA boundaries are Mississippi--- Atlantic Canada-------Florida (Spain)

C. USA can fish off Canada’s Atlantic coastD. Each side repays debts & returns POWsE. Congress must arrange for loyalists property to be returned *not all these things actually happened

III. After the War & Treaty of Paris 1783

A. Ideas about government start to changeB. Idea of republicanism: no kingC. Freedom of religionD. Separation of church and stateE. Slavery issue is looked at critically 1. Vermont outlawed it 2. Pennsylvania freed slavesF. New government must take shape