Paris Peace Treaties

Examples of Paris Peace Treaties in the following topics:

• The Peace of Paris

  • The Treaty of Paris, signed 10 February 1763, by Great Britain, France, and Spain, ended the French and Indian War.
  • The Treaty of Paris, also called the Peace of Paris, was signed on February 10, 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France, and Spain, with Portugal in agreement.
  • The Treaty of Paris is frequently noted as the point at which France gave Louisiana to Spain.
  • The Treaty of Paris took no consideration of Great Britain's battered continental ally, Frederick II of Prussia.
  • Frederick would have to negotiate peace terms separately, in the Treaty of Hubertusburg.

• The Fight for the Treaty

  • While Wilson was successful in negotiating the terms of peace following World War I, the next question was whether the United States Senate would approve the Treaty of Versailles by the required two-thirds vote.
  • One block of Democrats strongly supported the Treaty of Versailles.
  • The closest the Treaty came to passage came in mid-November 1919, when Lodge and his Republicans formed a coalition with the pro-Treaty Democrats, and were close to a two-thirds majority for a Treaty, with reservations.
  • Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners at the Paris Peace Conference.
  • The Treaty of Versailles was never ratified by the U.S.

• 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 of Fort Stanwix was a treaty signed in October 1784 between the United States and its Native Americans at Fort Stanwix (located in present-day Rome, New York).
  • The treaty served as a peace treaty between the Iroquois and the Americans, since the Natives had been ignored in the Treaty of Paris.
  • 1786 Treaty of Fort Finney with Shawnee leaders for portions of Ohio
  • 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua establishing peace with the Iroquois and affirming lands rights in New York State east of the Genesee River

• The Paris Peace Conference

  • The Paris Peace Conference determined the terms of peace after World War I between the victorious Allies and defeated Central Powers.
  • Following the Allied victory, President Woodrow Wilson met with his counterparts, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain and Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France, at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
  • The most contentious outcome of the Paris Peace Conference was a punitive peace accord, the Treaty of Versailles, which included a “war-guilt clause” laying blame for the outbreak of war on Germany and, as punishment, weakening its military and required it to pay all war costs of the victorious nations.
  • Allied leaders during the Paris Peace Conference including, from left, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Britain, Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando, Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France, and U.S.
  • Analyze the contentious negotiations between the U.S., Britain, and France at the Paris Peace Conference.

• Across the Atlantic: France and Britain

  • Delegates of King Louis XVI of France and the Second Continental Congress, who represented the United States government at the time, signed the treaty along with The Franco-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris on February 6, 1778, formalizing a Franco-American alliance that would technically remain in effect until 1800.
  • The French monarchy, humiliated by Britain's victory in the Seven Years War, had been planning for a war of revenge since the Treaty of Paris that had ended the conflict in 1763.
  • 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.
  • It was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that was credited for averting war, resolving issues that had not been addressed since the Treaty of Paris of 1783, and facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the United States and Britain in the midst of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1815).

• Jay's Treaty

  • It was an agreement that is credited with averting war, resolving unaddressed issues from the Treaty of Paris in 1783, and facilitating ten years of relatively peaceful trade between the United States and Britain in the midst of the French Revolutionary Wars .
  • John Jay was sent to Britain—with instructions from Hamilton—to secure compensation for captured American ships; to ensure the British leave the northwest outposts they still occupied (despite the terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which recognized this as American territory); and to gain an agreement for American trade in the West Indies.
  • British troops were still occupying forts on U.S. territory in the Great Lakes region (also known as the Northwest Territory) that were recognized as part of American soil by the Treaty of Paris.
  • 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.

• Wilson's Fourteen Points

  • The speech was delivered 10 months before the armistice with Germany in November 1918 and became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
  • Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his peace-making efforts first envisioned in the speech.
  • This made it the centerpiece of the long debates over an equitable peace settlement and treaty terms that came afterward.
  • President Wilson became sick at the onset of the Paris Peace Conference, which began on January 18, 1919 at the Palace of Versailles approximately 12 miles from Paris.
  • The leaders of the "Big Four" Allied powers at the Paris Peace Conference, May 27, 1919.

• The Treaty of Paris

  • The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War and established the new boundaries of the U.S.
  • The American Congress of the Confederation ratified the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784.
  • The preface to the Treaty stated that the signatories entered into it in good faith, and declared the intention of both parties to "forget all past misunderstandings and differences" and "secure to both perpetual peace and harmony. "
  • Signature page of the Treaty of Paris courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
  • Evaluate how the Treaty of Paris redefined boundaries and the relationship between America and Britain

• The Treaty of Paris (1763)

  • The Treaty of Paris is sometimes noted as the point at which France gave Louisiana to Spain. 
  • Together with the Treaty of Paris, it marked the end of the Seven Years' War.
  • The phrase "Hubertsburg Peace" is sometimes used as a description for any Treaty which restores the situation existing before conflict broke out.
  • "A new map of North America" produced following the Treaty of Paris (1763), cartogrpahers: Robert Sayer, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', Robert de Vaugondy.
  • Identify some of the provisions of the Treaty of Paris (1763)

• Diplomatic Goals at the Paris Peace Conference