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Date Posted: 22:40:32 10/02/02 Wed
Author: MaRy BeTh
Subject: Ch7- The Peace Settlement

The Peace Settlement
* Peace talk between the US and the Britain begun before the fighting in the war of 1812.
* Was not serious until 1814
A. The Treaty of Ghent
1. Ghent, Belgium, the American and the British diplomats met
a. John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin lead the American in
2. Begun with great demands and ended with ending the fighting
3. Signed on Christmas Eve of 1814
4. Both had reason to accept the puny agreement
a. British exhausted and in debt
b. American realized that the defeat with Napoleon no longer had inception to interfere with Americans commerce.
B. Rush-Bagot Agreement
1. In 1817 provided for mutual disarmament of the Great lakes
a. Not until 1872 the Canadian-American boundary because the longest “unguarded frontier” in the world
2. Required the US to restore the tribes
3. Their most important leader was dead, Tecumseh

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