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Peace of Paris (1783)
The
Peace of Paris
of 1783 was the set of treaties which ended the
American Revolutionary War
. On 3 September 1783, representatives of
King George III
of
Great Britain
signed a treaty in
Paris
with representatives of the
United States of America
—commonly known as the
Treaty of Paris (1783)
—and two treaties at
Versailles
with representatives of
King Louis XVI
of
France
and
King Charles III
of
Spain
—commonly known as the
Treaties of Versailles
(1783). The previous day, a preliminary treaty had been signed with representatives of the
States General
of the
Dutch Republic
, but the final treaty which ended the
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
was not signed until 20 May 1784; for convenience, however, it is included in the summaries below.
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