Which treaty formally recognized United States independence after the Revolutionary War, remembered by America250?

The Treaty of Paris (1783) formally recognized United States independence after the Revolutionary War, remembered by America250.

The treaty was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, by representatives of the United States and Great Britain. Britain acknowledged the United States as a free, sovereign, and independent nation, ending the war between the two powers.

The agreement followed the American victory at Yorktown in 1781, but negotiations took time and continued after the battlefield surrender. The treaty also established boundaries for the new country, reaching west to the Mississippi River and north to the Great Lakes.

The Treaty of Paris was not the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration announced the colonies’ separation in 1776; the treaty ended the war and secured international recognition in 1783. Spain, France, and the Netherlands concluded related peace agreements with Britain in the same general settlement.