For America250, which 1783 treaty recognized the United States as free and independent states?

The Treaty of Paris (1783) recognized the United States as free and independent states.

Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. It officially ended the American Revolutionary War and acknowledged the former Thirteen Colonies as sovereign and independent.

The treaty also established major territorial boundaries. Britain recognized the Mississippi River as the western boundary of the United States and set a northern boundary with British North America. American fishermen received rights in waters near Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, while the agreement addressed debts, prisoners, and Loyalist property.

The Treaty of Paris was separate from peace agreements Great Britain made with France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The United States ratified it on January 14, 1784, in Annapolis, Maryland. It is often confused with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years’ War and had nothing to do with American independence.