The Treaty of Paris | The White House Founders Museum | PragerU

Most people think the American Revolution ended at Yorktown.

It didn’t.

In 1783, the Treaty of Paris quietly did what cannon fire couldn’t: it made the United States of America real in the eyes of the world. In this episode of Road to Liberty, we answer the biggest questions students and history fans ask:

What was the Treaty of Paris (1783)?

Who signed the Treaty of Paris and where was it signed?

What did the Treaty of Paris do and what were its main terms?

How did the Treaty of Paris change U.S. boundaries and westward expansion?

Why was the Treaty of Paris so important to the American Revolution?

Told through the witty eyes of Benjamin Franklin, this short film shows how diplomacy in Paris finished what Washington started at Yorktown.

🎥 In this video, you’ll learn:

What the Treaty of Paris did: It officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.

Who signed the Treaty of Paris (1783): Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay for the United States, and David Hartley for Great Britain.

The main terms of the Treaty of Paris:

New boundaries of the United States—from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

Fishing rights off Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Agreements on debts, prisoners of war, and Loyalist property

This is the moment where the war on paper finally caught up with the war on the battlefield.

Yorktown ended the fighting. The Treaty of Paris ended the war.

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