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Peace negotiations open in Paris
- When
- April 1782
- Where
- Paris peace negotiations
Following the Yorktown defeat and the fall of North's government, peace negotiations began in Paris in April 1782.
After the British defeat at Yorktown in 1781, King George III and Great Britain moved to negotiate an end to the war. Prime Minister Frederick North's government fell on March 20, 1782, and peace negotiations began in Paris the following April.
Sources
- Treaty of Paris (1783) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
- American Revolutionary War Wikipedia
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