The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783

Even though Cornwallis' army surrender at Yorktown in 1781, little battles between the Loyalists and Patriots occured during the next two years. Finally, in February of 1783 George III issued his Proclamation of Cessation of Hostilities, concluding in the Peace Treaty of 1783. Signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, the agreement also known as the Paris Peace Treaty finally ended the United States War for Independence.

Representing the United States were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, signed the treaty. 

Some terms of the treaty said that, Britain recognized the independent nation of the United States of America. Also that they agreed to remove all of its troops from the new nation. The treaty also set new borders for the United States, including all land from the Great Lakes on the north to Florida on the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. The United States agreed to allow British troops still in America to leave and also agreed to pay all the money they owed to Britain. The United States also agreed not to persecute loyalists still in America and to allow the ones who left to return.

As a summary this are the nine articles that the treaty had: established U.S. boundaries, specified certain fishing rights, allowed creditors of each country to be paid by citizens of the other, restored the rights and property of Loyalists, opened up the Mississippi River to citizens of both nations and provided for evacuation of all British forces.