Treaty of Paris Negotiations Begin: American Revolution's Diplomatic Endgame
Britain didn't wait for France. That's the real story. American negotiators Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay secretly broke their alliance instructions and dealt directly with the British — cutting France out entirely. The preliminary articles signed in Paris on November 30, 1782, handed the new nation everything east of the Mississippi. France, which had bankrolled the whole war, learned about it afterward. And the boundary lines drawn that day? They'd fuel disputes, wars, and territorial tensions for another century.
November 30, 1782
244 years ago
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