The Treaty of Paris (1783) formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States.
Representatives signed the treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783. The American negotiators were Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, while David Hartley represented Great Britain. The agreement recognized the United States as free, sovereign, and independent.
The treaty also established boundaries for the new nation, including territory extending west to the Mississippi River and south to Spanish Florida. Britain agreed to withdraw from American territory, although British forces did not immediately leave every occupied position.
The Treaty of Paris is part of the broader Peace of Paris, a group of agreements that settled the Revolutionary War among Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic. The treaty is sometimes confused with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years’ War, or with the 1783 Treaty of Versailles involving Britain and France.