The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris to end the American Revolutionary War.
Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the treaty on September 3, 1783. The American negotiators included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, while David Hartley represented Britain.
The treaty recognized the United States as free, sovereign, and independent. It also established boundaries reaching west to the Mississippi River, north toward the Great Lakes, and south to Spanish Florida. Other provisions addressed fishing rights, debts, prisoners, and Loyalist property.
The Treaty of Paris is distinct from the Peace of Paris, a broader group of agreements involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The American-British treaty itself was signed in Paris, while Congress later ratified it in Annapolis, Maryland.