The+Treaty+of+Paris+1783

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
 * American delegation:**


 * Negotiations became difficult at first because France had allied with Spain and forced Americans to wait to negotiate until Spain won back Gibraltar from the British, which did not seem likely.
 * Secret negotiations with British


 * Terms:**
 * 1) Guaranteed independence of the United States
 * 2) Transferred all territory east of the Mississippi River, except Spanish Florida, to U.S.
 * 3) Established wide boundaries on north and south
 * 4) Gave important fishing rights in Atlantic
 * 5) American Congress promised to help British merchants collect debts contracted before the Revolution and compensate Loyalists for lands taken by colonial governments