The Treaty of Paris (8 years, 5 months after Lexington & Concord
severe battles)
September 4 (ON THIS DATE IN 1783)
The U.S. War of Independence officially ended on September 3 in 1783
with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The war, which began at Lexington
and Concord in the spring of 1775, had more or less been over for two years,
since Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, but the American Navy
continued harassing the British. And by the time the treaty was signed,
the American fleet had captured dozens of British ships.
The treaty required Britain to recognize the independence of
the United States and to cede all lands east of the Mississippi to the U.S.
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