The Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War linked to America250’s founding era.
Representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed the treaty on September 3, 1783. Britain recognized the independence of the United States and accepted boundaries that extended west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to Spanish Florida.
The agreement followed the military turning point at Yorktown in 1781, but negotiations took additional time. The treaty also addressed debts, property, prisoners, and the treatment of Loyalists. Its terms helped define the territory and international status of the new nation.
The Treaty of Paris is not the same as the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 in 1814. The 1783 agreement also should not be confused with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years’ War and reshaped European empires in North America.