Claim: The American Revolutionary War is part of the history of the United States.

The Treaty of Paris , signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3 , 1783 , ended the American Revolutionary War . The treaty set the boundaries between the British Empire and the United States , on lines `` exceedingly generous '' to the latter . Details included fishing rights and restoration of property and prisoners of war .   This treaty and the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause -- France , Spain , and the Dutch Republic -- are known collectively as the Peace of Paris .   Only Article 1 of the treaty , which is the legal underpinning of United States ' existence as a sovereign country , remains in force .