Treaty of Ghent

(noun)

The peace agreement that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.

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  • The Treaty of Ghent

    • British and American diplomats signed the Treaty of Ghent in December of 1814, ending the War of 1812 and restoring relations between the two nations.
    • The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.
    • The United States protested that Britain's failure to return the slaves violated the Treaty of Ghent.
    • This painting by Amédée Forestier depicts the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
    • Describe the main components of the Treaty of Ghent, the treaty that ended the War of 1812

  • The War's Aftermath

    • The Treaty of Ghent largely restored relations between the two nations to peace, with no loss of territory either way.
    • On December 24, 1814, the diplomats in Ghent signed the Treaty of Ghent.
    • The Treaty of Ghent largely restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum, with no loss of territory either way .
    • The Americans protested that Britain's failure to return the slaves violated the Treaty of Ghent.
    • "The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve," by Amédée Forestier (1814)

  • The British Strategy

    • Throughout the war, the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was the Earl of Bathurst.
    • A British invasion of Louisiana, unknowingly launched after the Treaty of Ghent was negotiated to end the war, was defeated with very heavy British losses by General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815.
    • With the ratification of the peace treaty in February 1815, the war ended before the new U.S.
    • After two years of warfare, the major causes of the war had disappeared.
    • As a result of this stalemate, the two countries signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814.

  • The Madison Presidency

    • In 1808, Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state, James Madison, was elected president of the United States.
    • One of the most pressing issues Madison confronted was the first Bank of the United States.
    • After the outbreak of the War of 1812, the absence of a national bank made war with Britain very difficult to finance, and in 1814, Congress passed a bill chartering a second national bank.
    • Britain also armed American Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory and encouraged them to attack American settlers, even though Britain had ceded this territory to the United States in the treaties of 1783 and 1794.
    • In 1814, British and U.S. diplomats met in Flanders, in northern Belgium, to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent.

  • The War in the South

    • On August 9, 1814, Andrew Jackson forced headmen of both the Upper and Lower Towns of Creek to sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson.
    • The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815; it was the final major battle of the War of 1812 and is widely regarded as the greatest American land victory of the war.
    • Due to slow communication, word of the Treaty of Ghent, which had been signed on December 24, 1814, and called for the end of the war, had not yet reached New Orleans.
    • This map illustrates the land the Creek ceded after the Creek Wars, consisting of half of Alabama and part of southern Georgia.
    • Discuss the intersection of Native American civil wars and the War of 1812

  • Conclusion: Early Trials

    • The Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark captured the imagination of many who dedicated themselves to the economic exploitation of the western lands and the expansion of American influence and power.
    • In the South, the Adams-Onís Treaty legally secured Florida for the United States, though it did nothing to end the resistance of the Seminoles against American expansionists.
    • At the same time, the treaty frustrated those Americans who considered Texas a part of the Louisiana Purchase.
    • One major cause was the British practice of impressment, whereby American sailors were taken at sea and forced to fight on British warships; this issue was left unresolved by Jay’s Treaty in 1794.
    • After 36 months of war, in December of 1814, British and U.S. diplomats met in northern Belgium to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent.

  • 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

  • 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.