The Benefits And Losses Of The Treaty Of Paris

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The Treaty of Paris became the peaceful agreement that ended the war between Britain and the Americans. There were many major gains and losses for both sides but in the end the Patriots were victorious not only gaining recognition but as well as gaining rights to land, “…thereby more than doubling the territory of the new nation” (Shi & Tindall, 2015, p. 169). However, with their gains came ambiguous, undefined conflicts that later became disputes for the new nation.
After the British defeat in The Battle of Yorktown resulting in the surrender of Cornwallis, the British accepted there was no hope in winning the war due to the influx of war debt after much time fighting the Patriots. The United States and Great Britain sent their delegates to