The Treaty of Paris was the official document that ended the Revolutionary War. The treaty was made between the American and the British government, it detailed what to do with the land that England owned. It was decided that the the thirteen colonies belonged to America, the Americans also owned the land that stretched west to the border of the Pacific ocean. The treaty was signed in France hence it’s name. It was made by three men, John Adams, Ben Franklin and John Jay. David Hartley was a member of parliament; he represented the British in the talks. It took a year and a half to finally get the King to ratify (officially approve) the document on September 3, 1783. The Congress of the Confederation ratified it on January 14, 1784. In the
