On what date was the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War signed?

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

Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the treaty in Paris. Britain recognized the United States as free, sovereign, and independent, formally ending the war and establishing terms for the new nation’s boundaries and fishing rights.

The agreement followed the American victory at Yorktown in 1781, but the fighting and negotiations did not end immediately after that surrender. Preliminary articles were made on November 30, 1782, and the final treaty was signed months later. The Confederation Congress ratified it on January 14, 1784, in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Treaty of Paris is sometimes confused with the broader Peace of Paris, a group of agreements involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The U.S.–British treaty is the specific document that recognized American independence and is the one dated September 3, 1783.