The Treaty of Paris of 1763 was very much significant for the Americans as it formally ended the American Revolutionary War. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.
After the treaty, The British acknowledged the independence of the United States and the colonial empire of Great Britain was destroyed in North America.
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In 1780, Virginia's state capital was officially moved from Williamsburg to Richmond. During the war, British troops captured Williamsburg and often raided Virginia towns accessible by water (including Richmond). The worst raid to befall Richmond (a port city at the falls of the James River) occurred in 1781
John Jacobs Rascob (I think?) built the Empire state building purely because he was competing with other entrepreneurs to construct the tallest in the world!
What an extraordinary fact, don't you think?
Hope this helps!
- Z
