The Treaty of Paris , signed on September 3 , 1783 , ratify by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14 1784 and by the King of Great Britain on April 9 1784 formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America . The Treaty of Paris , signed on September 3 , 1783 , ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14 , 1784 , and by the King of Great Britain on April 9 , 1784 ( the ratification documents were exchanged in Paris on May 12 , 1784 ) , formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America , which had rebelled against British rule .