near British territories. Osher Map Library The influence of Mitchell’s map didn’t stop with the Treaty of Paris. In the 1890s, it was used in negotiations between Canada and the United ...

On this day in 1783, the United States and Great Britain signed a formal peace treaty in Paris, putting the Revolutionary ... known as the Northwest Territory, from which in time 6½ new states ...

When the Americans surveyed the Philippine Islands after signing the Treaty of Paris, they found out that there were ... which was the only official map of Philippine territory during the Spanish ...

According to historians, here's what was decided upon before signing the 1763 Treaty of Paris: "Under Choiseul's plan, Britain would gain all French territory east of the Mississippi, while Spain ...

French Canada was overwhelmingly Catholic, yet overwhelmingly Protestant Britain did not force religious conversions after it took possession of the territory. Article Four of the Treaty of Paris ...

On this day in 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the ... The treaty granted the United States territory westward to the Mississippi River.

This article is based on Article III of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It set the boundaries of Philippine territory as follows: “Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the ...