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How did the Treaty of Paris divide land in North America?

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Hint: There are two treaties of Paris- 1763 and 1783. The Treaty of Paris was signed on 10 February 1763 by Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
wanted to reserve Roman Catholicism in the New World. It also was able to gain much dominance over North American territories.

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Under the Treaty, Britain was able to secure Canada, East Louisiana, and Florida while Spain gained an unexplored territory, save settlements on the river- West Louisiana. On the other hand, the French lost all of their holdings in North America, divided along the Mississippi River.
Proclamation Line of 1763 limited westward expansion of their colonists to preserve an Indian State despite the former’s best attempts of colonizers to seize land from the Native Americans.
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War and involved American statesmen Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay and representatives of King George III of Britain. It formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the newly formed United States of America with a great potential to expand upon the defeat of British at Yorktown.
Britain gave the Northwest Territory(included the present-day states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesotato which doubled the size of the land) to the United States. They also opened up the Mississippi River to ensure mobility being possible by both citizens of the US and Britain.

Note: Despite the attempts of peaceful resolution, tensions between the U.S and Britain continued on many issues. British didn’t wish to give up their forts in the Northwest territory and resented the confiscation of property of those who remained loyal to British by the U.S Jay’s Treaty in 1795 helped to reduce the tensions.