THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE TREATY OF PARIS
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the right to strip Loyalists of their property.
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a pledge that future conflicts with Britain would be settled peacefully.
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the return of all taxes collected by Britain before the war.
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their independence from Great Britain
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Detailed explanation-1: -This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under Choiseul’s plan, Britain would gain all French territory east of the Mississippi, while Spain would retain Cuba in exchange for handing Florida over to Great Britain. French territories west of the Mississippi would become Spanish, along with the port of New Orleans.
Detailed explanation-4: -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 overall state of conflict between the two countries.
Detailed explanation-5: -The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France. All French territory on the mainland of North America was lost. The British received Quebec and the Ohio Valley. The port of New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain for their efforts as a British ally.