Today in History 09/03/17

Detail of the signatures on The Definitive Treaty of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States, dated Sept 3, 1783 (© AP)(1783) Great Britain officially loses its rebellious colonies
The Treaty of Paris is signed, granting Great Britain’s former colonies freedom, and ending an 8-year war. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams are in the French capital acting for the United States, while Britain has sent a delegation that will refuse to sit for the official portrait.

The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. The treaty set the boundaries between the British Empire in North America and the United States, on lines “exceedingly generous” to the latter. 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 — France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic — are known collectively as the Peace of Paris. Only Article 1 of the treaty, which acknowledges the United States’ existence as free sovereign and independent states, remains in force.


Treaty of Paris 1783 - last page
Last page of the Treaty of Paris
United States land claims and cessions 1782-1802
Map of the United States and territories after the Treaty of Paris

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