The Treaty of Paris signed in 1783 recognized United States independence and ended the Revolutionary War, a key America250 milestone.
American negotiators Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens reached a preliminary agreement with Britain in 1782. The definitive treaty was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, and the United States ratified it in January 1784.
Britain recognized the United States as a sovereign nation and accepted boundaries extending west to the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to Spanish Florida. The agreement also addressed fishing rights, debts, and Loyalist property.
This Treaty of Paris is distinct from other treaties with the same name, including the 1763 agreement ending the Seven Years’ War and the 1898 treaty ending the Spanish-American War. The 1783 treaty formally closed the American independence struggle.