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Cession under the Treaty of Paris of 1783
- When
- 1783
- Where
- Detroit, among ceded interior territories
After the Revolutionary War, Britain ceded Detroit and interior territories to the United States under the 1783 peace terms.
Following the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and recognition of the United States as independent, Great Britain ceded Detroit and other territories in the interior region—south of the Great Lakes and west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River—to the United States under the peace terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
Sources
- Detroit Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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