One year from now, you will not be able to turn around without receiving notice of America’s Semiquincentennial jubilee. The jollity of the occasion will not change the fact that ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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 treaty with Mexico, which will soon be laid before the United States Senate for ratification, is the most important treaty that has been presented to that body since the treaty of Paris, 1783.