Treaty of Portsmouth

(noun)

A treaty that formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905 after negotiations lasting from August 6 to August 30, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, in the United States.

Related Terms

Examples of Treaty of Portsmouth in the following topics:

  • Yalta and the Postwar World

    • The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe.
    • One Soviet precondition for a declaration of war against Japan was an American recognition of Mongolian independence from China and a recognition of Soviet interests in the Manchurian railways and Port Arthur as well as deprivation of Japanese soil (such as Sakhalin and Kuril Islands) to return to Russian custody since the Treaty of Portsmouth.
    • Agreement to the priority of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
    • Stalin agreed to enter the fight against the Empire of Japan within 90 days after the defeat of Germany.
    • Analyze the controversies of the Yalta Conference, and the individual agendas of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin.

  • References

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  • 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

  • References

    • An analytic comparison of three models of reading strategy instruction.
    • Journal of Educational Psychology. 94 (4), 699-718
    • British Journal of Educational Psychology, 73(1), 37-59.
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  • 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

  • References

    • K-W-L: A Teaching Model that Develops Active Reading of Expository Text.
    • Six C's of Motivation.

  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  • German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship

  • 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.