The Treaty of Paris negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ending the Revolutionary War and sealing America's independence. The Continental Congress named 5 member commission to negotiate a treaty- John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson and Henry Laurens. The preliminary articles of peace was signed by Adams, Franklin, and Laurens for the United States and Richard Oswald for Great Britain on November 30, 1782. The final treaty was signed on September 3, 1783.