In the Revolutionary War history commemorated by America250, which treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the war?

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The Treaty of Paris (1783), signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.

The agreement was negotiated in Paris by representatives of Great Britain and the United States. American negotiators included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. Britain formally recognized the United States as an independent nation and accepted boundaries that extended west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to Spanish Florida.

The treaty followed the American victory at Yorktown in 1781 and preliminary peace articles agreed in 1782. It ended the conflict between Britain and the United States, while related treaties with France and Spain settled their parts of the broader war.

The United States Congress ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784. The ratifications were exchanged in Paris on May 12, 1784. It is called the Treaty of Paris (1783) to distinguish it from other agreements bearing the same city name, including the 1763 treaty that ended the French and Indian War.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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