Versailles Treaty Of


Signed between Great Britain and the rebellious

thirteen colonies, 1783. Acknowledged the independence of the thirteen

colonies; settled the boundaries between the latter and British North

America; dealt with the fisheries question; and provided for amnesty to

Loyalists and the restoration of their property. The colonies

repudiating the last obligation, provision was made by the British

government for compensation to the Loyalists, many of whom were given

grants of land in Upper Canada, New Brunswick, and the Eastern

Townships. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Concluded in 1783, 269; assured the

independence of the thirteen colonies, 269. (John Graves Simcoe era) Its provisions for

protection of Loyalists, 52-54; not carried out in its integrity by the

united colonies, 118. =Bib.=: Hertslet, Treaties and Conventions.



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