Results of the Revolutionary War

These are from 10-6-08

Loyalists: didn't support the Revolution and sided with England instead

- they believed that it was too risky to try and become independent

The British were slow to recognize the Loyalists 

-because they looked down on colonists

-called Americans Yankees and made fun of them

1/6 of the white population chose the British side

19000 fought for the Brits.

Loyalists outnumbered other soldiers in the army 2:1

20,000 former slaves separated from their owners

60-70 thousand colonists left the United States

-35 thousand went to novascotia

-6-10 thousand went to Quebec

50,000 slaves fled from their masters

-20,000 turned themselves in to the British 

In New England blacks volunteered to serve in the Continental Army in hopes of earning their freedom in return for their service after the war.

Almost all the Indians sided with the British

-they thought an American victory would be a threat

-first tried to stay neutral

Only the Cherokee Indians took up arms against the British and fought with the Americans

In the South the Kataba tribe was the only to fight against the Brits. 

The last major battle of the Revolution was the Battle of Yorktown

-the Brits. were trapped

-the Continental army came marching from the land on one side, and the French sailed in from the sea on the other

-the Brits surrendered (8,000 troops)

-caused the Brit. government back in England to fall

-signaled the end of the war

The Americans broke the terms in the Treaty with France

-they began to open peace talks with the British

They sealed the deal with the Treaty of Paris (2nd one)

-extended U.S. territory to the Mississippi River

-recognized the U.S as independent

-New England fishermen were allowed to fish off the coast of Newfoundland

-allowed British to collect debts that the Americans still owed

-loyalists were not to be persecuted

-loyalists were to get any land that was taken from them