Because the colonists took the land owned by the American Indians
The dissolution of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) "reduced the number of Communist nations in the world" and "<span>changed boundaries in Europe," since the USSR had overseen a number of "satellite states". </span><span />
Answer: Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, bringing the Revolutionary War to its final conclusion.