Talk:Evacuation Day (New York)

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[edit] The frontier lands

The boundary is well defined in the Treaty of Paris (1783):

"And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz.;" ... "thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie" ...

By the time of the New York evacuation the British still occupied Fort Oswego and Fort Niagara. BradMajors 04:23, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

• Border disputes were not a couse of the War of 1812? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shoreranger (talk • contribs) 01:11, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

• Boundary disputes were not a major cause of the War of 1812 (Origins of the War of 1812). It is true that the border was in dispute after the Revolutionary War, before the War of 1812 and the disputes continued even after the War of 1812. But, the relevant point is there were some areas which were not in dispute, which both sides had agreed were part of the United States in 1783, but were still occupied by the British until the 1790's. (see Jay Treaty). In Article 2 of Jay Treaty: His Majesty will withdraw all His Troops and Garrisons from all Posts and Places within the Boundary Lines assigned by the Treaty of Peace to the United States. This treaty is not defining a new boundary line rather it is saying the British will withdraw from the frontier forts which they had already agreed were part of the United States in the Treaty of Paris (1783). BradMajors 05:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] November 25

November 25 was the day the Americans entered New York City and took over control. The Governor Andrew Elliot, the British commander Guy Carleton, and the last troops left on December 3. BradMajors (talk) 21:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

"Offending symbol of tyrany" to describe the British flag is uncited and inappropriate and also subjective given that the British were evacuating slaves and regugees persecuted under the new amercian regime. Please could someone clean up this article as it seem to have been written by an elementary school student. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.0.56.223 (talk) 10:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)