Treaty of Paris (1783)

Not to be confused with Treaty of Paris (1763), the treaty that ended the Seven Years' War.
For other treaties of Paris, see Treaty of Paris (disambiguation).

Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Definitive Treaty of Peace Between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America
The first page of the Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783
DraftedNovember 30, 1782
SignedSeptember 3, 1783
LocationParis, Kingdom of France
EffectiveMay 12, 1784
ConditionRatification by the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States
Signatories
Parties
DepositaryUnited States government[1]
LanguageEnglish
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The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, to be free, sovereign and independent states.

The treaty set the boundaries between British North America, later called Canada, and the United States, on lines the British labeled as "exceedingly generous",[2] although exact boundary definitions in the far-northwest and to the south continued to be subject to some controversy. Details included fishing rights and restoration of property and prisoners of war.

This treaty and the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause, including France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic are known collectively as the Peace of Paris.[3][4] Only Article 1 of the treaty, which acknowledges the United States' existence as free, sovereign, and independent states, remains in force.[5]

  1. ^ Miller, Hunter (ed.). "British-American Diplomacy: Treaty of Paris". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  2. ^ Paterson, Thomas; Clifford, J. Garry; Maddock, Shane J. (January 1, 2014). American foreign relations: A history, to 1920. Vol. 1. Cengage Learning. p. 20. ISBN 978-1305172104.
  3. ^ Morris, Richard B. (1965). The Peacemakers: the Great Powers and American Independence. Harper and Row.
  4. ^ Black, Jeremy (April 14, 1994). British foreign policy in an age of revolutions, 1783–1793. Cambridge University Press. pp. 11–20. ISBN 978-0521466844.
  5. ^ "Treaties in Force A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force on January 1, 2016" (PDF). United States Department of State. p. 477. Retrieved April 14, 2017.