How we cite our quotes: (Article.Sentence)
Quote #4
"There shall be a firm and perpetual peace between his Brittanic Majesty and the said states, and between the subjects of the one and the citizens of the other, wherefore all hostilities both by sea and land shall from henceforth cease." (7.1)
This is the official "we have peace now" part of the treaty. Peace is politics. In fact, peace is the good kind of politics—war is what happens when politics fail.
Quote #5
"The solemn ratifications of the present treaty expedited in good and due form shall be exchanged between the contracting parties in the space of six months or sooner, if possible, to be computed from the day of the signatures of the present treaty." (10.1)
This is a last little bit of political bookkeeping. The treaty has to go through the right channels to become law.