The Treaty of Paris signed in 1783 officially recognized United States independence from Great Britain.
Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. It formally ended the American Revolutionary War and acknowledged the former Thirteen Colonies as free, sovereign, and independent states. The American negotiators included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay.
The treaty also defined boundaries and addressed subjects such as fishing rights, debts, prisoners of war, and Loyalist property. The United States Congress ratified it on January 14, 1784, in Annapolis, Maryland. It is sometimes confused with the 1783 Treaties of Versailles, which involved Britain, France, and Spain. Together, these agreements are often called the Peace of Paris, but the specific treaty recognizing American independence is the Treaty of Paris.