The Treaty of Paris (1783) was signed on September 3, 1783, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
Representatives of Great Britain and the United States negotiated the treaty in Paris. The American signers included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. The agreement recognized the United States as free, sovereign, and independent.
The treaty followed preliminary peace articles signed on November 30, 1782. A common mix-up is confusing the signing date with January 14, 1784, when the Confederation Congress ratified the treaty. The treaty also established boundaries for the new nation, extending west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to Spanish Florida.
The agreement was part of the wider Peace of Paris, a group of treaties involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. Those negotiations concluded the international conflict surrounding American independence.