View all chapters. 1  1. Ionic Bond Formation. 2  2. Ionic Compounds. 3  3. Polyatomic Ions. 4  4. Writing Ionic Formulas. 5  5. Naming Ionic Compounds. 6  6. Ionic vs. Molecular Bonds. 7  7. Covalent compounds. 8  8. Metallic Compounds.
Introduction. The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treatyâJohn Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.he preliminary articles of peace were signed by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and Henry Laurens for the United States and Richard Oswald for Great Britain on November 30, 1782. The final treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified by the Continental Congress early in 1784. The Readerâs Companion to American History.
Negotiations moved swiftly, and at the end of April the U.S. envoys agreed to pay $11,250,000 and assume claims of American citizens against France in the amount of $3,750,000. In exchange, the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in December 1803 France transferred authority over the region to the United States.