Episode 3 of 5
Signing of preliminary peace articles
- When
- November 30, 1782
- Where
- Paris
On November 30, 1782, American and British representatives signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, acknowledging US independence.
British-American negotiations in Paris produced signed preliminary agreements in November 1782 that acknowledged US independence. The treaty was drafted on November 30, 1782, as the Provisional Treaty, and is recorded as the Preliminary Articles of Peace between George III and the Commissioners of the United States of America. The Anglo-American Preliminary Peace was formally entered into that month.
Sources
- Treaty of Paris (1783) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
- American Revolutionary War Wikipedia
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