TRUCE WITH AMERICA ACT (1782). An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America therein mentioned.
Published by London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1782
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A WILLINGNESS FOR PEACE. Folio (12 inches). 22 George III, Chapter 46. General title leaf + pages 787-788. Royal coat of arms, headpiece ornament, and factotum initial. Text in Black Letter. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. By the spring of 1782, it was clear that King George III and Parliament were firmly on the path of reconciliation with the American colonies. The British military faced many difficulties and setbacks, and the American colonists maintained a much more formidable resistance than initially thought. The war was also very costly for the British in terms of manpower and money, and support from the British public soon began to wane. By the middle of June, the Truce with America Act, 1782 had gained the Royal Assent. The Act stated that it was: / / essential to the Interests, Welfare, and Prosperity of Great Britain, and of the Colonies or Plantations of New Hampshire, Massachusets [sic] Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pensylvania [sic], the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, in North America, that Peace, Intercourse, Trade, and Commerce, should be restored between them: Wherefore, and for a full Manifestation of the earnest Wish and Desire of His Majesty and his Parliament to put an End to the Calamities of War it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty to treat, consult of, agree, and conclude, with any Commissioner or Commissioners, named or to be named by the said Colonies or Plantations, or any of them respectively, or with any Body or Bodies Corporate or Politick, or any Assembly or Assemblies, or Description of Men, or any Person or Persons whatsoever, a Peace or a Truce with the said Colonies or Plantations, or any of them, or any Part or Parts thereof / / . The Act also declared that the operation and effect of any prior Acts of Parliament, or parts thereof, relating to all or any of the American colonies or plantations, were to be repealed, annulled, made void, or suspended in order to conclude and establish a peace or truce. The Act paved the way for the signing of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 (on 3 September 1783) which recognized the independence of the United States of America and established a boundary between the United States and British North America. …
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- Title
- TRUCE WITH AMERICA ACT (1782). An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America therein mentioned.
- Author
- AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Great Britain. Parliament.
- Publisher
- London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan
- Publication year
- 1782
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- AMERICAN REVOLUTION, GREAT BRITAIN Military
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