. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. COLONIAL RIVALRY AND REVOLUTION H^ Cornwallis returned to England and afterwards distinguished himselfas Governor-General of India ; Clinton retired from the chief com-mand in America and died in 1795 as Governor of Gibraltar; SirGuy Carleton was sent out as Commander-in-Chief to supervise theevacuation of New York and to stamp upon the pages of his
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. COLONIAL RIVALRY AND REVOLUTION H^ Cornwallis returned to England and afterwards distinguished himselfas Governor-General of India ; Clinton retired from the chief com-mand in America and died in 1795 as Governor of Gibraltar; SirGuy Carleton was sent out as Commander-in-Chief to supervise theevacuation of New York and to stamp upon the pages of historyby that act a failure which might have been success had he soonerwielded the supreme power. THE TREATY OF PEACE On September 3, 1783, after prolonged negotiations at the Courtof France, in which the British plenipotentiaries won the deservedcondemnation of all students of diplomacy by their weak-kneed atti-tude of surrender and indifference, the Treaty of Versailles was dulysigned. John Adams, Franklin and John Jay represented the UnitedStates, and their combined ability was enough for the most astute ofthe worlds statesmen to have met successfully. As it was they hadonly to play with a puppet on the splendid page of diplomacy namedOswa
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