Treaty of Ghent

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The Treaty of Ghent was the 1814 peace agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the War of 1812 and largely restored relations and territorial boundaries to their prewar status.

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Treaty of Ghent negotiations 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
historical event
peace treaty
alsoKnownAs Peace of Ghent
BritishPlenipotentiary Admiral James Gambier
Henry Goulburn
William Adams
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States of America
dateRatifiedByUnitedKingdom 1815-12-30
dateRatifiedByUnitedStates 1815-02-16
dateSigned 1814-12-24
didNotAddress impressment of American sailors
neutral trading rights
effectOnIndigenousPeoples did not secure promised Native American buffer state
effectOnTerritory restored U.S.-British North American borders to prewar lines
endOfConflict War of 1812
enteredIntoForce 1815-02-17
followedBy Convention of 1818
Rush–Bagot Agreement
language Dutch
English
locationSigned Ghent
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
surface form: United Netherlands

present-day Ghent, Belgium
namedAfter Ghent
negotiatedDuring Congress of Vienna
surface form: Congress of Vienna era
negotiationStartDate 1814-08-08
partOf Anglo-American relations
providedFor cessation of hostilities between the United States and Great Britain
establishment of boundary commissions
mutual restoration of territory captured during the War of 1812
release and repatriation of prisoners of war
ratifiedBy Prince Regent
surface form: Prince Regent of the United Kingdom

United States Senate
restoredPrewarBoundaries true
restoredRelationsToPrewarStatus true
restoredStatusQuoAnteBellum true
signatory Albert Gallatin
Henry Clay
James A. Bayard
John Quincy Adams
Jonathan Russell
signedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States of America
subject commissions to settle boundary disputes
prisoner of war exchange
restoration of conquered territory
territorial disputes between the United States and British North America
yearSigned 1814

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Hartford Convention concurrentWith Treaty of Ghent
this entity surface form: Treaty of Ghent negotiations
Jay Treaty followedBy Treaty of Ghent
Battle of Plattsburgh influenced Treaty of Ghent
this entity surface form: Treaty of Ghent negotiations
War of 1812 treaty Treaty of Ghent