Ascent to Greatness - Chapter Nine - Raymond F McNair - 1976

Raymond F McNair

Most people consider 1776 as the birth date of the United States. But, in a sense, perhaps 1783 could also be reckoned as America's birth date. Even though the U.S. declared her independence in 1776, she didn't actually win that independence until 1783 — seven years later! In 1783, Britain agreed at the Treaty of Paris to cede all territory east of the Mississippi, between Canada and the Florida territory, to the United States. Before that date, America didn't actually legally own one foot of territory. And had Britain put all her might behind the war effort, and had she had able ministers to execute the war, the U.S. might have lost the war, and might therefore never have become the legal inheritor of America. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library