The British and the Americans signed a preliminary peace treaty on Nov. 30, 1782, according to the Library of Congress. Months later, in April 1783, the Continental Congress ordered a ceasefire in ...

For there to be peace, there must be a peace treaty ... But when Congress met on December 13, 1783, to ratify the treaty, the weather was against them. The winter of 1783-1784 smacked the country ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the U.S. as an independent and sovereign nation, ...