<P> However , the Americans realized that they could get a better deal directly from London . John Jay promptly told the British that he was willing to negotiate directly with them , cutting off France and Spain . The British Prime Minister Lord Shelburne agreed . He was in charge of the British negotiations ( some of which took place in his study at Lansdowne House , now a bar in the Lansdowne Club ) and he now saw a chance to split the United States away from France and make the new country a valuable economic partner . The western terms were that the United States would gain all of the area east of the Mississippi River , north of Florida , and south of Canada . The northern boundary would be almost the same as today . The United States would gain fishing rights off Canadian coasts , and agreed to allow British merchants and Loyalists to try to recover their property . It was a highly favorable treaty for the United States , and deliberately so from the British point of view . Prime Minister Shelburne foresaw highly profitable two - way trade between Britain and the rapidly growing United States , as indeed came to pass . </P>
<P> However , the Americans realized that they could get a better deal directly from London . John Jay promptly told the British that he was willing to negotiate directly with them , cutting off France and Spain . The British Prime Minister Lord Shelburne agreed . He was in charge of the British negotiations ( some of which took place in his study at Lansdowne House , now a bar in the Lansdowne Club ) and he now saw a chance to split the United States away from France and make the new country a valuable economic partner . The western terms were that the United States would gain all of the area east of the Mississippi River , north of Florida , and south of Canada . The northern boundary would be almost the same as today . The United States would gain fishing rights off Canadian coasts , and agreed to allow British merchants and Loyalists to try to recover their property . It was a highly favorable treaty for the United States , and deliberately so from the British point of view . Prime Minister Shelburne foresaw highly profitable two - way trade between Britain and the rapidly growing United States , as indeed came to pass . </P>
what was the western border of the american nation established by the treaty of paris
what was the western border of the american nation established by the treaty of paris
the Mississippi River
the Mississippi River