United States Foreign Affairs

AP REVIEW

Franco-American1778France gave much needed aid to French Alliance America; America promised to help

France defend the West Indies.

Jay Treaty1794Britain to evacuated chain of posts on soil and pay damages for seizures of

American ships; US to pay British claims on pre-revolutionary debt

Pickney Treaty1794Spain granted free navigation

Mississippi;

Yielded large area north of Florida

Treaty of Greenville1795Following Battle of Fallen Timbers;

Indians ceded claims to vast tract in Ohio country

Treaty of Paris1783British formally recognize

US independence;granted land from Miss./Great Lakes/Fl.;retained Newfoundland fisheries;

Agreed to leave western outposts

Loyalists in America no longer prosecuted and property returned;

America can't put obstacle in way of collecting debts to British

Treaty of Ghent1815Armistice with Britain after the War of

1812Restoration of conquered territory of war; acceptance of status quo

Rush-Bagot Treaty1817Agreement between US and Britain to stop maintaining armed fleets on the

Great Lakes; first "disarmament treaty"

British Treaty of 18181818Britain let US share Newfoundland fisheries with Canada;

Fixed Louisiana limits to 49th parallel;

Ten year joint occupation of Oregon Territory

Adams-Onis Treaty1819Spain ceded Florida and claims to

Oregon;America to abandon claims to Texas, assumed $5 million in debts owed American merchants

Russo-American Treaty1824Fixed Russian southern limits in North America to 54'40

Webster Ashburton1824Maine boundary settled;

TreatyUS retained large amount of land;

Britain got Halifax/Quebec route;

Caroline Affair patched up

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo1848Ended Mexican American War; confirmed American title to Texas and the Southwest;Oregon, California.

US paid $15 million;Assumed claims against Mexico, $3,250,000

Clayton -Bulwer1850America or Britain can't fortify or

secure;Treaty gives exclusive control over waterway; Removes obstacle for future Panama Canal

Treaty of Paris1898 Ended Spanish-American War;

Ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines

Cuba granted independence (supervised by the US)

Hay-Pauncefote1901Abrogated earlier Clayton-Bulwer;

TreatyUS free to construct, fortify, and

maintain a canal that would be open to all ships

Hay-Bunau-Varilla 1903US gained control of the canal zone

after recognizing Panamanian independence

Treaty of Versailles1918World War I German war reparations

for war;League of Nations;

Wilson's fourteen points;

Creation of a newly aligned Europe