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 __ ** The Treaty of Paris 1783 ** __ The treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, and formally ended the war of the American Revolution. Representing the United States were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay. The colonists felt like they didn’t need England’s protection anymore because they had many new skills. The treaty of Paris was also known as the Paris Peace Treaty. There are nine articles in the treaty. Things included in those articles were certain fishing rights. It opened up the Mississippi River to the East and the West, and evacuated all the British from America. In the treaty, Benjamin Franklin suggested that France, America, And Great Britain trade peacefully. In the Paris Peace treaty, Great Britain’s former 13 colonies were recognized as free and independent states. Officially calling themselves the United States of America.

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