Treaty of Paris (1783)

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bilateral treaty historical document peace treaty

The Treaty of Paris (1783) was the peace agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Paris (1783) canonical	36
Treaty of Paris 1783	15
Treaty of Paris of 1783	4
1783 Treaty of Paris	1
Peace of Paris (1783)	1
Preliminary Articles of Peace (1782)	1
Treaty of Paris (1783) between Great Britain, France, and Spain	1
Treaty of Paris 1783 boundary ambiguities	1
Treaty of Paris 1783 cession of the Northwest Territory to the United States	1
negotiations of the Treaty of Paris (1783)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T41949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Paris (1783)
Context triple: [American Revolutionary War, result, Treaty of Paris (1783)]

A. Treaty of Alliance (1778)
The Treaty of Alliance (1778) was a formal military pact between France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War, marking France’s entry into the conflict against Britain and significantly bolstering the American cause.
B. Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
C. Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778)
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) was a landmark agreement between the United States and France that recognized American independence and established vital commercial and diplomatic relations during the American Revolutionary War.
D. Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
E. Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Paris (1898) was the agreement that ended the Spanish–American War, resulting in Spain ceding territories including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States and marking a major expansion of U.S. influence overseas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Paris (1783)
Target entity description: The Treaty of Paris (1783) was the peace agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain.

A. Treaty of Alliance (1778)
The Treaty of Alliance (1778) was a formal military pact between France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War, marking France’s entry into the conflict against Britain and significantly bolstering the American cause.
B. Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
C. Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778)
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) was a landmark agreement between the United States and France that recognized American independence and established vital commercial and diplomatic relations during the American Revolutionary War.
D. Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
E. Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Paris (1898) was the agreement that ended the Spanish–American War, resulting in Spain ceding territories including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States and marking a major expansion of U.S. influence overseas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical document ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
addressedIssue	evacuation of British forces from US territory ⓘ pre-war debts owed to British creditors ⓘ return of confiscated property ⓘ treatment of Loyalists ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Definitive Treaty of Peace ⓘ
BritishRatificationDate	1784-04-09 ⓘ
BritishSignatory	David Hartley ⓘ
definedBoundary	Canada–United States border region ⓘ surface form: US–British North America boundary
endedConflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
exchangeOfRatificationsDate	1784-05-12 ⓘ
fishingArea	Newfoundland and Labrador shelf ⓘ surface form: Grand Banks of Newfoundland Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Saint Lawrence coasts of Newfoundland ⓘ
grantedFishingRightsTo	United States fishermen ⓘ
historicalEra	The Age of Revolution ⓘ surface form: Age of Revolution
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
includedArticle	Article 1 recognizing US independence ⓘ Article 10 concerning ratification procedures ⓘ Article 2 establishing boundaries ⓘ Article 3 granting US fishing rights ⓘ Article 4 concerning debts ⓘ Article 5 recommending restitution to Loyalists ⓘ Article 6 prohibiting future confiscations ⓘ Article 7 concerning prisoners of war ⓘ Article 8 concerning navigation of the Mississippi ⓘ Article 9 concerning territories captured after the treaty ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationCountry	Kingdom of France ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
northernBoundaryReference	Great Lakes ⓘ
partOf	peace settlement of the American Revolution ⓘ
party	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
precedes	Jay Treaty ⓘ
primaryUSNegotiator	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ John Adams ⓘ John Jay ⓘ
ratifiedBy	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: United States Congress of the Confederation
recognizedIndependenceOf	United States of America ⓘ
recognizedSovereigntyOver	territory of the United States ⓘ
relatedDocument	Definitive Treaty of Peace ⓘ surface form: Treaties of Versailles (1783)
representedMonarch	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III of Great Britain
signedAt	Hotel d’York ⓘ
signedDuringReignOf	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
signedIn	Paris ⓘ
signedOn	1783-09-03 ⓘ
southernBoundaryReference	31st parallel north ⓘ
tookEffectOn	1784-05-12 ⓘ
USRatificationDate	1784-01-14 ⓘ
USSignatory	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ Henry Laurens ⓘ John Adams ⓘ John Jay ⓘ
westernBoundaryReference	Mississippi River ⓘ

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Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

League of Armed Neutrality (1780) → endedDuring → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) → relatedTo → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Council and Assembly of East Florida → dissolvedFollowing → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Siege of Pensacola (1781) → followedBy → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Maine–New Brunswick border → establishedByTreaty → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Battle of Kekionga → relatedEvent → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Pork and Beans War → precededBy → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783 boundary ambiguities

Webster–Ashburton Treaty → precededBy → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Martin v. Hunter's Lessee → treatyInvolved → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Jay family → signatoryTo → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

subject surface form: John Jay

Yorktown Battlefield → associatedWith → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783

Mosquito Coast → treatyAffectedBy → Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ