What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?

• A. The Treaty of Paris (1783)
• B. The Treaty of Versailles
• C. The Treaty of Ghent
• D. The Treaty of London

Answer: (A)

Ending the American Revolution required a formal peace agreement that recognized American independence and set its borders. The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, did exactly that: it officially ended the fighting and acknowledged the United States as a sovereign nation. It established the framework for postwar boundaries—toward the west to the Mississippi River and toward the north to the Great Lakes—with Florida returning to Spain, and it included provisions about debts and the treatment of Loyalists. The other options refer to treaties that concluded entirely different wars or conflicts, not the American Revolution.