On what date was the Treaty of Paris signed, formally ending the American Revolutionary War?

The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, formally ending the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States.

The agreement recognized the United States as free, sovereign, and independent. It also established boundaries that gave the new nation territory east of the Mississippi River, south of the Great Lakes, and north of Spanish Florida. American negotiators included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens.

The treaty followed the American victory at Yorktown in 1781, but fighting and diplomatic negotiations continued afterward. Preliminary articles were agreed in November 1782, and the final treaty was signed in Paris the next year. Congress ratified it on January 14, 1784, in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Treaty of Paris is sometimes confused with the broader Peace of Paris, which included separate agreements involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The American treaty specifically settled the conflict between Britain and the United States and confirmed the diplomatic birth of the new country.