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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 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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