. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . 1783. 57. Terms of the Treaty.—By the terms of the treaty,Great Britain acknowledged the independence of theUnited States ; and the boundaries were fixed at the GreatLakes on the north, and the Mississippi River on thewest. The right to fish on the Banks of Newfoundlandwas also conceded to the States. Florida was given backto Spain. 58. American Patriotism during the Revolution.—Never did any people show a more patriotic spirit thanthat displayed by
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . 1783. 57. Terms of the Treaty.—By the terms of the treaty,Great Britain acknowledged the independence of theUnited States ; and the boundaries were fixed at the GreatLakes on the north, and the Mississippi River on thewest. The right to fish on the Banks of Newfoundlandwas also conceded to the States. Florida was given backto Spain. 58. American Patriotism during the Revolution.—Never did any people show a more patriotic spirit thanthat displayed by the Americans during their long strugglefor independence. The women at home, and the men inthe camp, were alike devoted to the cause of the men fought, the women worked. The latterendeavored not only to supply the necessaries of life totheir families, now dependent largely upon them, but tocontribute, as far as they might, to the providing ofneeded articles of clothing for the soldiers. 57. The terms of the treaty ? 58. What is said of American patriotism ? Howdisplayed during the war ? 1782] TnE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 173. EIGHTT-SIX AND SIX KNITTING STOCKINGS FOR THE SOLDIERS 59- The suiferings of the latter were intense;* yet theypersevered, and were not to be swerved from the cause inwhicli they were engaged, by any promise of reward, orthe fear of any privations or hardshijss which they mighthave to undergo. When, driven to desperation, some ofthe veterans of the army deserted their ranks, andmarclied forth to seek redress for the wrongs wliich theyattributed to the neglect of Congress, they still spurnedwith abhorrence the bribes offered them by the minions ofBritish power. 6o. Tlie patriots who had the misfortune to become * In a letter which Washington addressed to the President of Congress, on the 23dof December, 1777, he says, We have no less than two thousand eight hundred andninety-eight men now in camp unfit for duty, because they are barefoot and o
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