Ghent, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Ghent, Treaty of, 1814, agreement ending the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. It was signed at Ghent, Belgium, on Dec. 24, 1814, and ratified by the U.S. Senate in Feb., 1815. ...
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Burlingame Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Burlingame Treaty: see under Burlingame, Anson.
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Compromise of 1850
(Encyclopedia) Compromise of 1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the hostility betwee...
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), alliance organized (1954) under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty by representatives of Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, ...
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, concluded (Apr. 19, 1850) at Washington, D.C., between the United States, represented by Secretary of State John M. Clayton, and Great Britain, represented by the British plenip...
Nine-Power Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Nine-Power Treaty: see naval conferences.
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Five-Power Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Five-Power Treaty: see naval conferences.
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Four-Power Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Four-Power Treaty: see naval conferences.
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Seguin
(Encyclopedia) Seguin səgēnˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 18,853), seat of Guadalupe co., S central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1853. Among its many industrial products are textiles, construction materials, plas...
Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Eastern European Mutual Assistance Treaty: see Warsaw Treaty Organization.
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