A cease-fire in America was proclaimed by Congress on April 11, 1783, pursuant to a cease-fire agreement between Great Britain and France on January 20, 1783. The final peace treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified on January 14, 1784, in the U. S., with final ratification exchanged in Europe on May 12, 1784. Hostilities in India continued until July 1783.
