Which treaty formally recognized American independence after the war commemorated by America250?

The Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally recognized American independence after the war commemorated by America250.

The treaty ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. Britain recognized the United States as a sovereign and independent nation, while the agreement also established boundaries and addressed fishing rights, debts, prisoners, and property claims.

Negotiations involved American representatives Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. The treaty was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, and ratified by the Continental Congress in January 1784. The final agreement came seven years after the Declaration of Independence announced the colonies’ separation from Britain.

The Treaty of Paris is sometimes confused with the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, or the 1783 peace agreements involving Britain and other European powers. The 1783 treaty is the one that formally recognized the United States as independent. America250 centers on the 1776 declaration, but the treaty completed the international legal settlement of that revolutionary conflict.