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Preliminary articles of peace are drafted and signed by representatives of the United States and Great Britain -
On January 20, 1783, Great Britain, France, and Spain signed preliminary articles of peace, which served as a military armistice and marked the effective end of the American Revolutionary War. The signing of these preliminary agreements in Paris laid the groundwork -
On April 11, 1783, the Continental Congress issued a Proclamation for the Cessation of Arms, officially declaring a halt to hostilities between the United States and Great Britain, which signaled the end of the American Revolutionary War, though the formal Treaty of Paris would be signed later that year and ratified in 1784. -
Peace negotiations begin in Paris between representatives of the United States and Great Britain -
The treaty officially declared the end of the American Revolutionary War and the formal recognition of the United States as an independent nation -
On May 12, 1784, the United States and Great Britain officially exchanged the ratified copies of the Treaty of Paris in Paris, France, formally concluding the American Revolutionary War and recognizing the United States as an independent nation