. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. herconflicts took place. In March, 1782, Parliament resolvedto close hostilities. Savannah was evacuated in July andCharleston in December. New York was held for nearlya year longer, the negotiations for peace not being treaty of peace, which was negotiated for the United ^ The tidings of the surrender filled the whole land with joy. Mid-night had passed when the gladsome news reached Philadelphia, hutthe watchmans stirring cry, Past two oclock and Cornwallis is taken !soon filled the streets with joyf
. A history of the United States of America, its people, and its institutions. herconflicts took place. In March, 1782, Parliament resolvedto close hostilities. Savannah was evacuated in July andCharleston in December. New York was held for nearlya year longer, the negotiations for peace not being treaty of peace, which was negotiated for the United ^ The tidings of the surrender filled the whole land with joy. Mid-night had passed when the gladsome news reached Philadelphia, hutthe watchmans stirring cry, Past two oclock and Cornwallis is taken !soon filled the streets with joyful crowds. So intense was tlie feelingof delight that it is said the old doorkeeper of Congress died of the afternoon Congress inarched in solemn procession tu the Luther*iUchurch to return thanks to God for the victory. 232 FROM COLONIES TO UNITED STATES. States by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay,was finally signed at Paris, September 3, 1783, and onNovember 25 the British sailed away from New York andWashington marched in amid the joyful plaudits of the. Surrender of Cornwallts. people. Soon after he resigned his commission and reachedhome at Mount Vernon in time to spend there a joyfulChristmas. Boundaries of the Nation.—By the treaty it was decidedthat the territory of the new nation should extend from theAtlantic coast to the Mississippi River. Great Britain re-tained Canada and gave back Florida to Spain. The vastregion west of the Mississippi was held by Spain. TheUnited States had no Gulf coast, Florida extending by astrip of land fifty miles wide to join Louisiana, so that onall the south and west lay Spanish territory. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. 233 5. THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Concentration of the People.—At the opening of theRevolution the population of the colonies is supposed tohave been more than two million five hundred , fortunately for the Americans, this population wasconcentrated within the narrow space between the moun-tains and
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