Treaty of Peace, 1783 .-- This disaster put an end to British hopes of conquering America.

But it was not until September, 1783, that Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay brought the negotiations for peace to an end.

Great Britain acknowledged the independence of the United States.

The territory of the United States was defined as extending from the Great Lakes to the thirty-first parallel of latitude and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.

Spain had joined the United States and France in the war.