The correct answer is A) the Treaty of Paris.
The document that forced Britain to officially recognize American independence was the Treaty of Paris.
The Treaty of Paris was the official agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the armed conflict called the Revolutionary War. The treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and was ratified by the Continental Congress at the beginning of 1784. In the treaty, the British monarchy recognized American Independence and also gave its territories east of the Mississippi to the Americans.
