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.

One year from now, you will not be able to turn around without receiving notice of America’s semiquincentennial jubilee. The ...

The American Revolution went hand-in-hand with an economic revolution that transformed human political and social, as well as commercial life, and continues to unfold.

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

A letter written by Thomas Jefferson will go up for auction on July 4. Estimators value the letter, which discusses the right ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, ...

The final treaty – the Peace of Paris – was signed in September 1783 at the Hotel d’York in Paris, History.com reported.. The treaty still needed to be ratified within six months of its ...

General George Washington gave a final goodbye to his soldiers at the close of the Revolutionary War on this day in history, Dec. 4, 1783, at the historic Lower Manhattan tavern.

Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West 1783. From left: John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The picture is unfinished because the British commissioners ...

The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on Jan. 14, 1784, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation.

The Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War, was signed on the desk in 1783. Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY's NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757.