Washington Naval Conference

Examples of Washington Naval Conference in the following topics:

• Attempts at Disarmament

  • The Washington Naval Conference, also called the Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference, was a military conference called by President Warren G.
  • The conference resulted in three major treaties: Four-Power Treaty, Five-Power Treaty (more commonly known as the Washington Naval Treaty), and the Nine-Power Treaty.
  • It was signed by all of the attendees to the Washington Naval Conference.
  • Battleships being dismantled for scrap in Philadelphia Navy Yard, after the Washington Naval Treaty imposed limits on capital ships, U.S.
  • Summarize the treaties resulting from the Washington Naval Conference, the Spirit of Locarno, and the World Disarmament Conference and reasons for their ultimate failure.

• The War in the Chesapeake

  • On July 4, 1813, Joshua Barney, a Revolutionary War naval hero, convinced the Navy Department to build the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, a squadron of twenty barges to defend the Chesapeake Bay.
  • In response to Prevost's request, the British decided to employ this force, together with the naval and military units already on the station, to strike at Washington, D.C.
  • The naval yards were set afire at the direction of U.S. officials to prevent the capture of naval ships and supplies.
  • The British left Washington, D.C. as soon as the storm subsided.
  • The successful British raid on Washington, D.C., dented American morale and prestige.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

  • These new negotiations resulted in the North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 1949.
  • The Lisbon conference sought to provide the forces necessary for NATO's Long-Term Defence Plan.
  • Other major exercises that followed included Exercise Grand Slam and Exercise Longstep, naval and amphibious exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, Italic Weld, a combined air-naval-ground exercise in northern Italy, Grand Repulse, involving the British Army on the Rhine (BAOR), the Netherlands Corps and Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AAFCE), Monte Carlo, a simulated atomic air-ground exercise involving the Central Army Group, and Weldfast, a combined amphibious landing exercise in the Mediterranean Sea involving American, British, Greek, Italian and Turkish naval forces.

• Citizen Gênet Affair

  • After raising this militia, Genêt traveled to Philadelphia to meet Washington and formally request an official suspension of Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality.
  • Washington sent Genêt an 8,000-word letter of complaint on Jefferson and Hamilton's recommendation.
  • The Citizen Genêt Affair spurred Great Britain to instruct its naval commanders in the West Indies to seize all ships trading with the French.
  • Genêt, knowing that he would likely be sent to the guillotine, asked Washington for asylum.
  • Edmond-Charles Genêt came dangerously close to violating President Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality.

• The American Military Forces

  • The Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army in June 1775 and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
  • On June 15, 1775, George Washington was elected as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
  • Washington was never financially compensated for his service as Army Commander.
  • The main goal of naval operations was to intercept shipments of British supplies and disrupt British maritime commerce.
  • Ultimately, the naval effort contributed little to the overall outcome of the rebellion.

• Calls for a Stronger Constitution

  • On March 25–28, 1785, delegates from Virginia and Maryland met at George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
  • The conference was attended by Samuel Chase, Daniel of St.
  • The conference was largely a success and essentially created a model for interstate cooperation.
  • While serving as George Washington's top aide, Alexander Hamilton also realized that a strong central government was necessary for avoiding foreign intervention and alleviating the frustrations caused by an ineffectual Congress.
  • Examine the significance of the Mount Vernon Conference in shaping the American political structure

• Surrender at Yorktown

  • As a result of this victory, de Grasse established a naval blockade of Yorktown.
  • On September 14, Washington arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the revolutionary allies' army and naval forces surrounded Cornwallis.
  • On September 28, Washington led the army out of Williamsburg to surround Yorktown.
  • Washington fired the first gun on October 9.
  • With the British defense weakened, Washington sent two columns to attack the last major remaining British outer defenses, on October 14, 1781.

• Final Efforts at Compromise

  • Congressional leaders convened the Washington Peace Conference in an effort to prevent the rest of the Southern states from seceding.
  • The ensuing Washington Peace Conference of 1861 was the final cumulative effort by the individual states to resolve the crisis.
  • With the adjournment of Congress, the inauguration of Lincoln as president, and the flood of new Republican leaders to power in Washington, Democrats in Congress could no longer work towards a sectional compromise.
  • Instead, Washington and the United States looked to president-elect Lincoln for action against disunion.

• War Aims and Strategy

  • In May 1942, Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov, met with Roosevelt in Washington and got a commitment from FDR to open a second war front in 1942 against the Germans, by way of England.
  • A separate protocol signed at the conference pledged the Big Three to recognize Iran's independence.
  • The Big Three met again major war conference in Yalta (sometimes called the Crimea Conference), held from February 4 to 11, 1945.
  • The Conference decided on the post-war fate of Indochina, Poland, and Germany.
  • Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting at the Tehran Conference in 1943.

• Peace Overtures and the Evacuation of Philadelphia

  • Following France's entry into the war, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton was ordered by the government to abandon Philadelphia and defend New York City, now vulnerable to French naval power .
  • Washington's army shadowed Clinton's, and Washington successfully forced a battle at Monmouth Courthouse on June 28, the last major battle in the North.
  • By July, Clinton was in New York City, and Washington was in White Plains, New York, similar to the situation in 1776.