The Treaty of Paris signed in 1783 recognized U.S. independence and officially ended the American Revolutionary War, a key America250 milestone.
Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. Britain acknowledged the United States as free, sovereign, and independent states, ending its claim to govern the former Thirteen Colonies.
The American negotiators included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. The agreement also established boundaries that gave the new nation territory east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes, although later treaties changed some borders.
The treaty is often confused with other agreements named for Paris or with the 1783 Peace of Paris, a broader group of treaties involving other combatants. The Treaty of Paris specifically refers to the agreement between Great Britain and the United States.