Treaties
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
Negotiated by John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin,
John Jay, and
Henry Laurens
- American Victory
- Recognized the United States of America as a republic
- Gave the US all the land below Canada
- British were to leave their forts in the American West
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Jay Treaty (1794)
Negotiated by John Jay
- Settle outstanding problems with British (violations in Treaty of Paris)
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- British would leave the NW frontier
- Set up commission to set a border with Canada
- Payments of debts
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- To Britain for prewar debts to merchants
- To America for illegal seizures of ships
- Granted Britain most favored nation status
- Failed to resolve issue of US trade in West Indies
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Pinckney (San Lorenzo) Treaty (1795)
Negotiated by Thomas Pinckney
- Offered by Spain to improve relations (dropping out of European war)
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- Free navigation of the Mississippi
- Rite of Deposit in New Orleans
- Spain accepted the American version of the border for Florida
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Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Negotiated by Robert Livinston and
James Monroe
- France offered the whole Louisiana territory to the US for $15 million
- Western boundary is the Rockies
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- Popular in the US (besides Federalists and
Thomas Jefferson)
- Doesn’t give boundaries with Canada or Mexico
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Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Negotiated by Henry Clay,
John Quincy Adams, and
Albert Gallatin
- Armistice (simply ended the fighting in the War of 1812)
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- No land was surrendered
- Impressment wasn’t mentioned
- No border claims were settled
- Resulted in the status qua ante bellum
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Rush-Bagot Agreement (1818)
Negotiated by Richard Rush
- Demilitarization of the Great Lakes (American suggestion)
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- Limited each country to 8 ships on the great lakes
- Joint occupation of Oregon for 10 years
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Convention of 1818 (1818)
Negotiated by John Quincy Adams
- Settled the boundary of the Louisiana Territory
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- 49th parallel
- Joint settlement of Oregon for 10 years
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Adams-Onis (Transcontinental) Treaty (1819)
Negotiated by John Quincy Adams
- Settled Boundary of the Louisiana Territory and Gave Florida to the US
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- The Boundary for Louisiana followed the major rivers in the area
- Gave up territory beyond the Rockies
- Gave Eastern Florida to the US
- US gave Spain $5 million
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)
Negotiated by Daniel Webster
- Settled boundary between Maine and New Brunswick
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- US conceded part of what they believed to be Maine
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- Britain wanted to build a road
- Britain made concessions elsewhere to compensate
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Oregon Treaty (1846)
Negotiated by James Polk
- Divided Oregon along the 49th parallel
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Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty (1848)
Negotiated by Nicholas Trist
- Mexico conceded defeat to the US
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- Mexico accepted the Rio Grande as the boundary of Texas
- Mexico ceded New Mexico and Upper California
- US paid Mexico $15 million
- US took on claims of US citizens against Mexico
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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850)
Negotiated by John Clayton
- Concerned the construction of a canal built across the Isthmus of Panama
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- If a canal was built, neither the US or Britain would have sole rights to it
- Any part of Central America not colonized will not be colonized
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Gadsden Purchase (1853)
Negotiated by James Gadsden
- Purchase of a small strip of Mexican land
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- US paid $10 million
- Mexico drops damages (done by Indians)
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