Treaty of Paris: England, France, Spain, and the United States of America end the eight-year conflict between the former and the latter three. The treaty marks the end of the American Revolutionary War and consists, in summary, of: England’s recognition of the independence of the United States; England’s renunciation of the territories between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi River, which becomes the border between the United States and Spanish possessions in North America; the right of free navigation of the Mississippi for both English and American vessels; England’s retention of Canadian territory; the restitution to England of the Antilles islands occupied by France; the restitution to France of Senegal and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago; the restitution to Spain and the Netherlands of the colonies occupied by England; the transfer of Florida to Spain, which will cede it to the United States in 1821; and the reorganization of the territories held by France and England in India.
