Paris, Treaties of

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Paris, Treaties of, the name given to important treaties of peace concluded at Paris, France, in 1763, 1783, 1814, 1815, 1856 and 1898.

The Treaty of Feb. 10, 1763, was concluded between Spain and France and Great Britain and Portugal, at the end of the Seven Years War. By this treaty the political condition of America was altered. France ceded to Great Britain all her possessions east of the Mississippi, including Canada, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, except the island on which New Orleans is situated and two islands in the iulf of St. Lawrence. To Spain was ceded the Province of Louisiana west of the Mississippi and the Island of Orleans. England returned Havana to Spain but received Florida in exchange. See French and Indian Wars, subhead French and Indian War.

The Treaty of Sept. 3, 1783, between Great Britain and the United States, marked the close of the American Revolution and recognized the independence of the colonies. The Mississippi River was also recognized as the western boundary from a point west of the Lake of the Woods. See Northwest Territory. With regard to the fisheries it was provided that the Americans were to have the same rights which they had enjoyed as English colonists. See Revolutionary War &Fisheries Question

REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN AMERICA. The Treaty of May 30, 1814, was concluded between France and the representatives of all the great powers of Europe. It provided that France should surrender all her conquests except slight territories on the northern and eastern boundaries, but no indemnity was required. Most of the colonies taken from her by Great Britain were restored, and Switzerland was declared independent.

The Treaty of Nov. 29, 1815, modified the Treaty of 1814. Prance was compelled to pay indemnities to the allied powers and consent to the occupation of her frontier by a large army for a period of five years, defraying the cost out of her revenues. The Treaty of March 30, 1856, was concluded at the close of the Crimean War, and several important principles of international law were agreed upon and embodied in the Declaration of Paris. See Crimean War. The Treaty of December, 1898, terminated the Spanish-American War. By its terms Spain relinquished Cuba and ceded the Philippine Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, receiving therefor the sum of $20,000,000. See Spanish-American War. Treaty of 1919, closing the World War. See Versailles, Treaty of.