The Treaty of Paris ended a war, secured Independence and created an Empire. On September 3, 1783, Franklin and the other peace commissioners signed the Treaty of Paris. The American Revolutionary ...

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The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on Jan. 14, 1784, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation.