Birthdays for 3 foundational documents. York County joins the rest of America in planning for three 250th anniversaries of the Declaration, Articles and Treaties with France.

The Emerging Revolutionary War organization sponsored this event at The Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia. ... (1798-1800) and the Treaty of Mortefontaine (1800).

The U.S. gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Learn about the Declaration of Independence, the American ...

With limited bargaining power, Iroquois leaders had little alternative but to sign the Fort Stanwix Treaty Oct. 22, 1784, exactly as it was presented to them. The Iroquois continued to protest the ...

French troops under General Rochambeau arrived in Newport, R.I. — 245 years ago — marking a turning point in the American ...

On this day in 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the Revolutionary War and establishing the United States as a free sovereign nation.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor Kathleen DuVal taught a class about the end of the American Revolution and the 1783 Treaty of Paris. She talked about the competing goals ...

Not until January 14 did enough delegates reach Annapolis. The vote was taken, the Treaty of Paris was ratified, the Revolutionary War was officially over, and the United States of America was ...

The Treaty of Paris, 1783. Clip | 4m 20s Video has Closed Captions | CC. On September 3, 1783, Franklin and the other peace commissioners signed the Treaty of Paris. The American Revolutionary War ...