<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> American Revolutionary War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis after the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Trenton, The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Long Island, Battle of Guilford Court House </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19, 1775--September 3, 1783 (8 years, 4 months and 15 days) Ratification effective: May 12, 1784 (9 years and 23 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern North America, Caribbean Sea, Indian subcontinent, Central America, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> American - Allied victory: </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace of Paris </Li> <Li> British recognition of American independence </Li> <Li> End of the First British Empire </Li> <Li> British retention of Canada and Gibraltar </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Great Britain cedes to the United States the area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes East Florida, West Florida, and Menorca to Spain </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes Tobago and Senegal to France </Li> <Li> Dutch Republic cedes Negapatnam to Great Britain </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19, 1775--September 3, 1783 (8 years, 4 months and 15 days) Ratification effective: May 12, 1784 (9 years and 23 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern North America, Caribbean Sea, Indian subcontinent, Central America, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> American - Allied victory: </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace of Paris </Li> <Li> British recognition of American independence </Li> <Li> End of the First British Empire </Li> <Li> British retention of Canada and Gibraltar </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Great Britain cedes to the United States the area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes East Florida, West Florida, and Menorca to Spain </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes Tobago and Senegal to France </Li> <Li> Dutch Republic cedes Negapatnam to Great Britain </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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