Treaty Of Paris (1783)

   
       Through the fall and following winter, British colonies in the Caribbean fell to enemy forces. So this made Lord North's government fell in late March 1782 and was replaced by Lord Rockingham. They saw that North's government had fallen, so Benjamin Franklin, who was the American ambassador in Paris, took action. He decided to write to Rockingham expressing a desire to begin peace negotiations. He understood that making peace was necessary, so he elected to give it an opportunity. This pleased Franklin and his  negotiators.

      Although Cornwallis and his men surrendered at Yorktown in the Fall of 1781 was what marked the end of the Revolutionary War. However that didn't end the War officially and there still were minor battles between the British and the colonists for another two years. This war has been going on for way too long and it needed to end soon before it caused even more damage that it has caused already. An official treaty was needed to finish this war for once and for all.

       Then the Treaty Of Paris was proposed and was signed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. Under the terms of the Treaty, Britain recognized the independent nation of the United States of America. They also agreed to remove all of the troops from the new nation. The treaty set new boarders for the United States, including all land from the Great Lakes on the north to Florida on the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Mississippi River. The US agreed to allow British troops that were still in America to leave and agreed also to pay all the debts they owed to Great Britain. The United States agreed not to persecute the loyalists that were still in America and allowed those that had left America before, to return.