sep 3, 1783 - Treaty of Paris

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Ended the war.

Negotiations between Great Britain and American represetatives (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay).

Great Britain recognized the independence of the United Stated and its claim to the territory westward to the Mississippi River and from the Canadian border to Florida (which was returned to Spain by a seperate treaty). United States untitled to the region between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi.

Great Britain secured that:
- No legal impediments would be placed in the way of British creditors seeking to collect sums owed by American debtors.
- Property confiscated to the loyalists be restored.
- Navigation of the Mississippi from source to mouth would be open to the subjects of Great Britain.

Patriot stat governments used militia and vigilante groups to control countryside and towns, constantly threatened the Loyalists.

About 100,000 loyalists left America voluntarily and fled to Canada or England.

Land and property confiscated and rarely returned after the war.

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