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Paris, Treaty of 1. (1783) a treaty signed on September 3, 1783, to end the
Revolutionary War. Negotiated by British representatives and the U.S. delegates
John Adams, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin, it recognized U.S. independence and a western boundary to the Mississippi River, and gave the United States rights to Newfoundland fisheries. It recommended fair treatment of loyalists and the restoration of their property.
2. (1898) a treaty signed by Spain and the United States on December 20, 1898, to end the
Spanish-American War. The United States gained temporary control of Cuba and actual control over Guam and Puerto Rico. Spain ceded the Philippines on the condition that the United States pay the Islands $20 million for public works.
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desert sedimentary deposits
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