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the war. but eventually even he gave up all hope
of snhduing the Americans However. he stub
bornly insisted tha, be would never give up
Georgia Charleston New York.
on March O. l7s2. parliament passed bin TO
enable the king 70 make peace with America
Fifteen days later Lord North. bowling to the
storm OF opposition 70 the kings plan OF renew
ing hostilltles. resigned and the wings. under
Lord Rockingham. formed a new ministry with
the understanding that American Independence
should Dee acknon lodged Rockingham died IN
July and was succeeded BY Lord Shelburne. who
was also committed TO policy o. making peace
Shelburue had been a friend Of benjamin
Franklin. wh0 was then our minister to France.
and through his agent. Richard Oswald a Scotch
merchant the British minister opened negogia-
tions with bis American friend 10 discuss peace
terms Franklin had the assistance Of John Jay
who had been in Spain seeking an alliance with
that country: John Adams. American minister
to Holland and Henry Laurens then prisoner
in England and during the summer of 1852 their
negotiations with Oswald proceeded smoothly.
Finally on November 81. Franklin Jay. Adams
and Oswald signed preliminary treaty of peace
which Was not strictly speaking. a treaty but n
protocol the articles of which were 20 be subse-
quently Incorporated in a formal treaty after
Great Britain had come TO terms with France.
Americas ally.
This protocol OF November 30 Use. is analo-
gous to the armIsiice Of November IL. 1918. In
that. under It's terms. hostilites In America were
to cease at once and upon completion OF the
treaty the British fleets and armies were TO be
Immediately Withdrawn from every place which
they held within the limits OF the United States
II is also analogous In that II the first writ
ten agreement between representatives OF the
two nations az looking toward a formal
treaty OF peace So November has a double sig
nifcance to Americans as the month OF the
armistice"-the armIstice OF the Revolution and
the armistice OF the World war.
Even with this important step taken, nine
months were 10 elapse before the final treaty
OF peace was signed and another nine months
before ratification OF the treaty definitely ended
the war. ON January 10. 1888. the preliminary
articles OF the treaty OF peace were signed in
Paris The news arrived In America on March
g. in letter to the president Of congress from
Lafayette and few days later Sir Guy Carleton.
who had succeeded Sir Henry Clinton as Brit
ish commander in New York. received his orders
from the ministry 10 proclaim cessation OF
hostIllties on land and sea.
A similar proclamation, made by congress. was
formally announced TO the army by Washington.
He chose April 10. the anniversary OF the Battle
OF Lexington, as the date for this historic an
nouncement.
After this proclamation Washington granted
furlonghs to most OF the army and the weather
beaten Continentals scattered 10 their homes and
tried 10 adapt themselves TO civil life again On
November 3 the army was formally disbanded
and three weeks later Sir Guy Carletons army
sailed away from New York. ON December 4
occurred that profoundly touching incident in
Fraunce's Tavern where Washington said fare
well to his officers. He was on his way TO An
napolis where congress was in session, TO resign
his commission and on December % that historic
scene. which has been immortallzed In Trum-
bulls painting, was enacted. Then Washington
FASTENED on TO Mount Vernon there TO spend the
first happy Christmas he had known for nine
years.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, another impor-
tant episode in the drama of the Revolution had
taken place. One September morning, TO the
lodgings in Paris OF David Hartley, agent of the
British who had succeeded Oswald came his
friend, Benjamin Franklin The great philoso-
pher-dipomat was accompanied by his little
grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache, by John
Adams. John Jay and Henry Laurens. There on
September 3, 1888, the defnitive treaty of peace
was signed. Early in 1854 congress accepted the
treaty and In May ratlhcations Of IL were ex
changed by Great Britain and the United States.
The Revolution was over
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