History of the United States I / Unit 7 USH1 0914 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Treaty of Paris Was Silent
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The idea
The Treaty of Paris was silent on Native lands. British territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Great Lakes passed to the republic.
In practice
Much of that territory remaining under the actual control of Native peoples.
Where people slip
The anchor states the treaty did not address Native peoples at all, which is how a transfer of land nobody consulted was recorded as settled.
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