Treaties of Velasco

Examples of Treaties of Velasco in the following topics:

• The Mexican–American War, 1846–1848

  • The Republic of Texas claimed land up to the Rio Grande, based on the Treaties of Velasco.
  • With the success of this "Siege of Los Angeles," the nearly bloodless conquest of California seemed complete.
  • That marked the end of armed resistance in California, and the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed the next day, on January 13, 1847.
  • While Polk and other expansionists called for “all Mexico,” the Mexican government and the United States negotiated for peace in 1848, resulting in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in February 1848, was a triumph for U.S. expansionism under which Mexico ceded nearly half its land.

• 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

• 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

• Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

  • defense treaty called the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance of 1947, or the "hemispheric defense" treaty, was the formalization of the Act of Chapultepec, adopted at the Inter-American Conference on the Problems of War and Peace in 1945 in Mexico City.
  • With the exceptions of Trinidad and Tobago (1967), Belize (1981), and the Bahamas (1982), no countries that became independent after 1947 have joined the treaty.
  • In Peru, leftist General Velasco Alvarado in power since 1968, planned to use the recently empowered Peruvian military to overwhelm Chilean armed forces in a planned invasion of Pinochetist Chile.
  • In 1979, Egypt under Nasser's successor, Anwar Sadat, concluded a peace treaty with Israel, ending the prospects of a united Arab military front.
  • The second of these frameworks led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.

• 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.

• The Treaty of Paris

  • The 10 articles of the Treaty of Paris are as follows.
  • Ratification of the treaty within six months of signing by contracting parties.
  • The treaty with France primarily focused on exchanges of captured territory, but also reinforced earlier treaties guaranteeing French fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland.
  • Several of the articles of the Treaty of Paris were violated by all sides in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
  • Spain used its control of Florida to block American access to the Mississippi in defiance of Article 8 of the Treaty of Paris.

• Treaty of Paris

  • The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War following British victory over France and Spain.
  • The Treaty was made possible by the British victory over France and Spain, and marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe.
  • The Treaty of Paris is frequently noted as the point at which France gave Louisiana to Spain.
  • The Treaty of Paris was to give Britain the east side of the Mississippi.
  • The Treaty marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe.

• Wilson's Loss at Home

  • Despite Wilson's efforts, the Treaty of Versailles (and membership in the League of Nations) was never ratified by Congress.
  • An angry bloc of 12 to 18 "Irreconcilables" (mostly Republicans, but also representatives of the Irish and German Democrats) fiercely opposed the Treaty.
  • One block of Democrats strongly supported the Versailles Treaty, even with reservations added by Lodge.
  • Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the Irreconcilables, who blocked approval of the Treaty of Versailles in America.
  • Identify why the United States Senate was reluctant to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

• Jay's Treaty

  • The terms of the treaty were designed primarily by Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and negotiated by John Jay, all with the support of President Washington.
  • Overall, the treaty achieved the primary goal of the withdrawal of the British Army from the Northwest Territory of the United States: The British agreed to vacate the six western forts by June 1796.
  • The map shows major territorial concessions following the Treaty of Paris.
  • Disputes arising over the failure of British troops to leave some of the territories ceded by the British in the Treaty of Paris, as well as British instigation of conflicts between Native Americans and the newly established United States, ultimately contributed to the need for Jay's Treaty in 1796.
  • Describe the role Jay's Treaty played in the political disputes of the early republic