Which war ended with the Treaty of Paris signed in 1783, recognizing U.S. independence?

The American Revolutionary War ended with the Treaty of Paris signed in 1783, recognizing United States independence.

The peace treaty was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, by representatives of the United States and Great Britain. It formally ended the conflict that had begun in 1775, although fighting and negotiations had continued after the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

Britain recognized the United States as a free, sovereign, and independent nation. The treaty established the new country’s western boundary at the Mississippi River, its southern boundary with Spanish Florida, and its northern boundary with British North America. The United States also gained fishing rights in waters near Newfoundland.

The American negotiators included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. The final treaty did not settle every issue, including debts, Loyalist property, and the fate of formerly enslaved people who had sought freedom with the British. Many of those questions remained sources of tension after independence.