<Ol> <Li> Britain acknowledges the United States (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) to be free, sovereign, and independent states, and that the British Crown and all heirs and successors relinquish claims to the Government, property, and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof; </Li> <Li> Establishing the boundaries of the United States, including but not limited to those between the United States and British North America; </Li> <Li> Granting fishing rights to United States fishermen in the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; </Li> <Li> Recognizing the lawful contracted debts to be paid to creditors on either side; </Li> <Li> The Congress of the Confederation will "earnestly recommend" to state legislatures to recognize the rightful owners of all confiscated lands and "provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated belonging to real British subjects" (Loyalists); </Li> <Li> United States will prevent future confiscations of the property of Loyalists; </Li> <Li> Prisoners of war on both sides are to be released; all property of the British army (including slaves) now in the United States is to remain and be forfeited; </Li> <Li> Great Britain and the United States are each to be given perpetual access to the Mississippi River; </Li> <Li> Territories captured by Americans subsequent to the treaty will be returned without compensation; </Li> <Li> Ratification of the treaty is to occur within six months from its signing . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Britain acknowledges the United States (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) to be free, sovereign, and independent states, and that the British Crown and all heirs and successors relinquish claims to the Government, property, and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof; </Li> <Li> Establishing the boundaries of the United States, including but not limited to those between the United States and British North America; </Li> <Li> Granting fishing rights to United States fishermen in the Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; </Li>

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