Today Was An Important Day

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November 30th is actually an important day in history. From A Book of Days in American History on this date in 1782 the United States and Britain signed a provisional treaty ending the Revolution. It was signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. I’m sure I studied this in American History in high school but it has long been forgotten. The United States declared independence in 1776 and most everyone knows that, but it a bit strange there isn’t a lot of emphasis on when the Revolution ended. One would think that date would be celebrated as much as July 4th. Yet there is very little said about when the Revolution ended. The war was over and the United States had won independence from Britain. Why isn’t that date recognized with as much importance as July 4th? In actuality the signing of the Decoration of Independence didn’t mean much until the Revolution was won. If the Revolution was not won the United States would most likely still be under British rule. United States and Canada could have been one big nation had Britain won. The truth of the matter was Britain thought the United States would fail and beg Britain to take the United States back under British rule. If that had happened Britain had some harsh retributions planned for the Revolutionaries. So it was a good thing for the United States that it could stand on its own. So November 30th had an important place in history.