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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, to be free, sovereign and independent states.
In the Treaty of Paris, the British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of...
Two crucial provisions of the treaty were British recognition of U.S. independence and the delineation of boundaries that would allow for American western expansion. The treaty is named for the city in which it was negotiated and signed.
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 3 September 1783 by representatives from Great Britain and the United States, was the peace agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
After the treaty was made, issues between the US and Great Britain continued around remaining British military bases, naval and shipping interference, freedom of commerce, and compensation for Southern slave owners for enslaved people who escaped to the British during the Revolutionary War.
Peace of Paris, collection of treaties concluding the American Revolution and signed in 1783 by representatives of Great Britain on one side and the United States, France, and Spain on the other. Preliminary articles were signed at Paris between Britain and the United States on November 30, 1782.
The Treaty of Paris was signed between the American colonies and Great Britain in 1783. It ended the American Revolution and established the United States as an independent country. The images are the first, second, and last page of the treaty.