September 3, 1783
The Treaty of Paris ends the Revolutionary War
Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolutionary War. The peace provides the immediate national backdrop to George Washington's September 1784 visit to Bruceton Mills already recorded on this timeline.
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