Commissioners of the United States of America
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Years
- 1782–1784
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Commissioners of the United States of America, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Signing of preliminary peace articles
1782–1784Role: American commissioners party to the Preliminary Articles of Peace
- Peace negotiations open in Paris
Following the Yorktown defeat and the fall of North's government, peace negotiations began in Paris in April 1782.
- Vergennes proposal rejected
In September 1782, Vergennes proposed a solution to the deadlocked US-British negotiations, which the United States rejected.
- Signing of preliminary peace articles
On November 30, 1782, American and British representatives signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, acknowledging US independence.
- Congress endorses and ratifies the peace
Congress endorsed the preliminary settlement on April 15, 1783, and ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, in Annapolis.
- Definitive Treaty of Paris signed
The definitive Treaty of Paris was signed at the Hôtel d'York in Paris on September 3, 1783, by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and Hartley.
- Peace negotiations open in Paris
Sources
- American Revolutionary War Wikipedia