Which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War in the historical story America250 commemorates?

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The Treaty of Paris (1783) ended the American Revolutionary War in the historical story America250 commemorates.

Representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed the treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation, formally concluding the war that had begun with the fighting at Lexington and Concord in 1775.

The treaty also established boundaries for the new United States. The country’s territory extended west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes and British North America, and south to Spanish Florida. Other articles addressed fishing rights, debts, and the treatment of Loyalists.

The Treaty of Paris is easy to confuse with other treaties bearing the same city name. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years’ War, while the 1783 treaty ended the American Revolutionary War. The Treaty of Ghent, signed in 1814, ended the War of 1812 instead.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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