The Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783, the conflict whose legacy America250 commemorates.
Representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed the peace treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation, ending the war that had begun with fighting in 1775.
The treaty established the new nation’s boundaries. The United States received territory extending west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to the northern boundary of Spanish Florida. Britain also agreed to withdraw its forces from the United States.
The Treaty of Paris was part of a group of agreements ending the wider conflict involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The United States treaty is often distinguished as the Treaty of Paris of 1783 because several other treaties share that name.