Treaties Pt 1

Treaty of Tordesillas 1494

Agreement between Portugal and Spain that settled disputes over lands newly discovered by Columbus

Moved the dividing line that was established by Pope to the West an

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Ended the French and Indian War.

Britain gained all the territory from French Canada

Spain gained territory west of Mississippi

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Treaty Between England and the Colonies , formally ended the American Revolutionary War

Treaty of Greenville 1795

Ended the Northwest Indian War between Natives (settled on present day Ohio) and the American settlers

Was signed after the Battle of Fallen Timbers

Jay's Treaty 1795

between Great Britain and US attempting to resolve tensions after the revolution

Britain agreed to evacuate post on the US western frontier

Unpopular as it didn't resolve relations + caused tensions with France

Pickney's Treaty (1795)

US minister to Spain negotiated this treaty in which Spain agreed to open the lower Mississippi River and New Orleans to American trade

Treaty of Ghent (1814)

Ended the war of 1812 between Great Britain.

US restored the status gov

Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817)

Signed by Britain and the United States, it established strict limits on naval armaments in the Great Lakes

Reduced tension and chance of conflict along US/Canada border

Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)

Treaty between US and Spain in which Spain ceded Florida to the US

This defined the boundary between US and New Spain

Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)

Resolved border issues between the US and British North American colonies (Canada)

Treaty of Kanagawa (1854)

Between US and Japan where the Japanese government agreed to establish a US consulate in Japan

It guaranteed the safety for shipwrecked US sailors

Appomattox 1865

Final battle of the Civil War where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in the Appomattox Court House in Virginia

Ended the Civil War.

Teller Amendment (1898)

Said that the US would help Cuba gain independence from Spain then withdraw their troops

US disguises its imperialistic wants

Treaty of Paris 1899

Marked the end of the Spanish-American War

Spain ceded Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the US and sold the Philippines to US for $20 million

Platt Amendment (1901)

Prohibited the Cuban government from making any international treaties that would compromise Cuban independence or allow foreign powers to use Cuba for military purposes

Hay-Bunar-Varilla Treaty

Gave the US control of a zone in Panama for building and maintaining the Panama Canal

Negotiated by US secretary of state John Hay and French Pilippe Bunau-Varilla