The formal conclusion of the seven-year struggle against Great Britain came with the Treaty of Paris, signed in the French capital on Sept . 3, 1783, ratified by the Continental Congress on Jan ...

Congress had approved preliminary articles of peace with the onetime British foe on April 15, 1783. One provision of the treaty, which was signed in Paris on Sept . 3, 1783, required Congress to ...

The Treaty of Paris ended a war, secured Independence and created an Empire. On September 3, 1783, Franklin and the other peace commissioners signed the Treaty of Paris. The American Revolutionary ...