Which agreement signed in 1783 officially ended the American Revolutionary War commemorated by America250?

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The Treaty of Paris (1783) officially ended the American Revolutionary War commemorated by America250.

Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. It recognized the former Thirteen Colonies as free, sovereign, and independent states. The agreement also established boundaries for the new United States, extending west to the Mississippi River and south to Spanish Florida.

The treaty followed the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781, but fighting and diplomatic negotiations continued afterward. Preliminary articles were agreed in November 1782, and the final treaty was ratified by the Confederation Congress on January 14, 1784.

The Treaty of Paris is sometimes confused with the broader Peace of Paris, which included separate treaties involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The U.S.–British agreement itself is specifically called the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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