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Which European power ceded the vast western land reaching the Mississippi River to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
Answer
Great Britain
Great Britain, having lost the Revolutionary War, signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783 and relinquished its claims to the territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
💡 Did you know?
The Treaty of Paris (1783) gave the newly independent United States territory stretching to the Mississippi River—far larger than the original 13 colonies.
Other options people guess
- France
- Spain
- Netherlands
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- us-history
- 18th-century
- borders
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