Hoosier Dusty Files - September 03, 1783 - British Cede Northwest Territory to United States - Treaty of Paris

A Year of Indiana History - 2016

September 03, 1783 - British Cede Northwest Territory to United States - Treaty of Paris
Negotiations between Britain and the United States began in Paris after the American victory at the Battle of Yorktown in April 1782.  The United States and Britain agreed to preliminary articles on November 30, 1782. Negotiations continued throughout the next several months in Paris, France. On September 3, 1783, United States representatives Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams signed the agreement, which became known as the Treaty of Paris, 1783. The British representatives were David Hartley and Richard Oswald. The United States Congress of the Confederation ratified the treaty on January 14, 1784, the British concurred on April 9, 1784. The treaty became effective on May 12, 1784. The United States had won its war of independence from Britain. The treaty established, among other things:
The thirteen colonies were free and independent
The boundaries, including the vast area that would become the Northwest Territory
Fishing rights to the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Release of Prisoners of War
Perpetual access to the Mississippi River to both nations

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