Which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War, whose era is remembered by America250?
Answer
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War, whose era is remembered by America250.
Signed on September 3, 1783, the treaty formally ended the conflict between Great Britain and the United States. Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation and acknowledged its boundaries, which extended west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to Spanish Florida.
The agreement followed the military surrender at Yorktown in 1781, but fighting and diplomatic negotiations continued afterward. American negotiators included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. The treaty was part of a wider group of agreements that ended the global conflict involving Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic.
The Treaty of Paris is distinct from the 1763 treaty that ended the French and Indian War and from the 1814 Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. Its recognition of independence is the key diplomatic conclusion of the Revolutionary War.