The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. The treaty bears the signatures of American negotiators John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, and British representative David Hartley. The agreement settled terms for the end of the war and defined the boundaries between the United States and British North America.
In this document submitted to the Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776, the committee appointed to craft a declaration of independence presents its draft for approval. The committee, which included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman, had revised a draft written by Jefferson. After further revisions, Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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