Agreement
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Great Britain formally acknowledged the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris, signed 3 September 1783, ending the Revolutionary War.
What happened
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 3 September 1783 by representatives of Great Britain and the United States, provided in Article 1: "His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free sovereign and independent states, that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs, and successors, relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety, and territorial rights of the same and every part thereof."[1]
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Claim: The Treaty of Paris, signed 3 September 1783, provided in Article 1: "His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free sovereign and independent states, that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs, and successors, relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety, and territorial rights of the same and every part thereof."
- Kingdom of Great Britain and United States of America, The Paris Peace Treaty of September 30, 1783 (Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 3 September 1783) link, Article 1. Government perspective or primary official source Source record