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Preface!. Declares the treaty to be "in the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity," states the bona fides of the signatories, and declares the intention of both parties to "forget all past misunderstandings and differences" and "secure to both perpetual peace and harmony!."

1!. Recognizing the 13 colonies to be free, sovereign and independent States, and that his Majesty relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety, and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof;[1]
2!. Establishing the boundaries between the United States and British North America (for an account of two strange anomalies resulting from this part of the Treaty, based on inaccuracies in the Mitchell Map, see Northwest Angle and the Republic of Indian Stream);
3!. Granting fishing rights to United States fishermen in the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence;
4!. Recognizing the lawful contracted debts to be paid to creditors on either side;
5!. The Congress of the Confederation will "earnestly recommend" to state legislatures to recognize the rightful owners of all confiscated lands "provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated belonging to real British subjects [Loyalists]";
6!. United States will prevent future confiscations of the property of Loyalists;
7!. Prisoners of war on both sides are to be released and all property left by the British army in the United States unmolested (including slaves);
8!. Great Britain and the United States were each to be given perpetual access to the Mississippi River;
9!. Territories captured by Americans subsequent to treaty will be returned without compensation;
10!. Ratification of the treaty was to occur within six months from the signing by the contracting parties!.

* Spain received East and West Florida under the separate Anglo-Spanish peace agreement
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