The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

 between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France

France in the American Revolutionary War

France entered the American Revolutionary War in 1778, and assisted in the victory of the Americans seeking independence from Britain ....

, Spain

Spain in the American Revolutionary War

Spain actively supported the Thirteen Colonies throughout the American Revolutionary War, beginning in 1776 by jointly funding Roderigue Hortalez and Company, a trading company that provided critical military supplies, through financing the final Siege of Yorktown in 1781 with a collection of gold...

 and the Dutch Republic

Dutch Republic

The Dutch Republic — officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republic of the Seven United Provinces — was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately...

 had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris (1783)

Peace of Paris (1783)

The Peace of Paris 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 —and two treaties at...

. It is most famous for being "exceedingly generous" to the United States in terms of enlarged boundaries.
The treaty document was signed at the Hotel d'York – which is now 56 Rue Jacob – by John Adams

John Adams

John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

, Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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, and John Jay

John Jay

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 (representing the United States) and David Hartley

David Hartley (the Younger)

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 (a member of the British Parliament representing the British Monarch, King George III

George III of the United Kingdom

George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...

).

On September 3, Britain also signed separate agreements with France and Spain, and (provisionally) with the Netherlands.