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Today in History: January 14 (426 words) |
 | The Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation. |
| The treaty, signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, required Congress to return the ratified document to England within six months. |
| The Treaty of Paris granted the United States territory as far west as the Mississippi River, but reserved Canada to Great Britain. |
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Paris, Treaty of - HighBeam Encyclopedia (1104 words) |
| In the treaty with France, Britain relinquished the restrictions that had been imposed on the French naval port of Dunkirk, but aside from minor adjustments in the West Indies and Africa, the territorial dispositions made in the Treaty of Paris of 1763 were generally continued. |
| The Treaty of Paris of May 30, 1814, was concluded between France on the one hand and Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia on the other after the first abdication of Napoleon I. |
| The leniency of the treaty to defeated France was chiefly due to the diplomatic skill of Talleyrand, who had engineered the restoration of Louis XVIII on the French throne. |
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