THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ratification of the Treaty of Paris. On January 14, 1784, the Treaty of Paris was ratified by the Congress of the United States, while they met in the Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House. The Treaty formally ended the Revolutionary War and established the United States as a free and independent nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -After two years of vacillation and delay, Great Britain and the future United States of America signed, on September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Versailles, which also involved France, Spain, and the Netherlands and officially marked the end of the War of American Independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Only Article 1 of the treaty, which acknowledges the United States’ existence as free sovereign and independent states, remains in force. The US borders changed in later years, which is a major reason for specific articles of the treaty to be superseded.