Treaty of Westminster

Examples of Treaty of Westminster in the following topics:

• The Conquest of New York

  • The Dutch colony of New Netherland was captured by the British and chartered by the Duke of York, who later became James II of England.
  • The capture was confirmed by the Treaty of Breda in July, 1667, in exchange for the Isle of Rum in the East Indies.
  • In July 1673, a Dutch fleet recaptured New York and held it until it was traded to the English by the Treaty of Westminster.
  • New York became a royal province in February of 1685 when its proprietor, the Duke of York, was crowned King James II of England.
  • This map shows the changing boundaries of the colony of New York from the 17th to 18th centuries.

• Freedom in New Netherland

  • The Dutch colony of New Netherland changed hands several times and eventually ceded, transferring permanently to Britain in 1674.
  • In March 1664, Charles II of England resolved to seize New Netherland .
  • In 1673, the Dutch re-took the area but the next year, finding itself financially bankrupt, the republic relinquished New Netherland under the Second Treaty of Westminster in November, 1674, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
  • This map represents the first usage of the term New Netherland to describe the colony.
  • Analyze the Anglo-Dutch wars and the transfer of New Amsterdam to the British

• The Treaty of Fort Stanwix

  • The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was one of several treaties signed between Native Americans and the United States after the American Revolution.
  • The treaty served as a peace treaty between the Iroquois and the Americans, since the Natives had been ignored in the Treaty of Paris.
  • In this treaty, the Iroquois Confederacy ceded all claims to the Ohio territory, a strip of land along the Niagara river, and all land west of the mouth of Buffalo creek.
  • 1786 Treaty of Fort Finney with Shawnee leaders for portions of Ohio
  • 1797 Treaty of Big Tree with the Iroquois for lands in New York State west of the Genesee River

• Constitutional Limits

  • The United States adheres to the principles of a constitutionally limited government in the three branches of government.
  • For example, "The president may make treaties, with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the senators who are present agree"; "With the advice and consent of the Senate, the President may appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not otherwise described in the Constitution. "
  • Most generally, it is "a complex of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law."
  • More importantly, Section 2 grants and limits the president's appointment powers: "The president may make treaties, with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the senators who are present agree;" "With the advice and consent of the Senate, the President may appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not otherwise described in the Constitution;" and "Congress may give the power to appoint lower officers to the President alone, to the courts, or to the heads of departments. " In addition, the Twenty-fifth Amendment limits the presidency to two terms .
  • By contrast to codified constitutions (in the Westminster System that originated in England), uncodified constitutions include written sources.

• Pinckney's Treaty

  • Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and the United States defined the boundaries of the Spanish colonies of West and East Florida.
  • Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed on October 27, 1795, and established formal intentions of amity between the United States and Spain.
  • Among other things, the treaty ended the first phase of the West Florida Controversy, a dispute between the two nations over the boundaries of the Spanish colony of West Florida.
  • The Spanish acquired Florida and the southern coast along the Gulf of Mexico in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  • Analyze the political circumstances leading up to and following the signing of the Pinckney's Treaty

• The Treaty of Paris (1763)

• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

• German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship

• Across the Atlantic: France and Britain

  • The Treaty of Alliance was a defense treaty formed in the American Revolution that promised French support to the United States.
  • The Treaty of Alliance was, in effect, an insurance policy for France that guaranteed the support of the United States if Britain broke the current peace they had with the French, "either by direct hostilities, or by (hindering) her commerce and navigation," as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
  • The treaty outlined the terms and conditions of this military alliance and established requirements for the signing of future peace treaties to end hostilities with the British.
  • The Jay Treaty (also known as Jay's Treaty, The British Treaty, and the Treaty of London of 1794), was officially known as the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America.
  • Summarize the circumstances surrounding the signing of the treaty of alliance between France and the United States

• The Fight for the Treaty

  • The key point of disagreement was whether the League of Nations, one of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, would diminish the power of Congress to declare war.
  • One block of Democrats strongly supported the Treaty of Versailles.
  • Finally, a bipartisan group of 13 "irreconcilables" opposed a treaty in any form.
  • The Treaty of Versailles was never ratified by the U.S.
  • Discuss Wilson's attempts to rally the nation in support of the Treaty of Versailles.