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 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

  • Flemish Painting in the Northern Renaissance

    • The Flemish School, which has also been called the Northern Renaissance, the Flemish Primitive School, and Early Netherlandish, refers to artists who were active in Flanders during the 15th and 16th centuries, especially in the cities of Bruges and Ghent.
    • During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Low Countries became a political and artistic center focused around the cities of Bruges and Ghent.
    • It exhibited a masterful manipulation of oil paint and a high degree of realism.
    • While van Eyck completed many famous paintings, perhaps his most famous is the Ghent Altarpiece, a commissioned polyptych from around 1432.
    • The Ghent Altarpiece, a commissioned polyptych from around 1432, is perhaps van Eyck's most famous work.

  • 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

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  • German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship