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  2. Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and ...

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    The United States Senate decided to propose a "Treaty of Peace and Friendship With the States of Barbaria ", an amendment to which was initialled on 5 September 1795 in Algiers and again on 3 January 1797. The treaty was unanimously ratified by the United States Senate in early June and signed by John Adams, the second American president, and ...

  3. History of U.S. foreign policy, 1776–1801 - Wikipedia

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    The history of U.S. foreign policy from 1776 to 1801 concerns the foreign policy of the United States during the twenty five years after the United States Declaration of Independence (1776). For the first half of this period, the U.S. f8, U.S. foreign policy was conducted by the presidential administrations of George Washington and John Adams.

  4. History of U.S. foreign policy, 1801–1829 - Wikipedia

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    The history of U.S. foreign policy from 1801 to 1829 concerns the foreign policy of the United States during the presidential administrations of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams. International affairs in the first half of this period were dominated by the Napoleonic Wars, which the United States became ...

  5. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - Wikipedia

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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (/ ˌ l ɑː f iː ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/, French:), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War.

  6. International relations (1648–1814) - Wikipedia

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    After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Europe's borders were largely stable. 1708 map by Herman Moll. International relations from 1648 to 1814 covers the major interactions of the nations of Europe, as well as the other continents, with emphasis on diplomacy, warfare, migration, and cultural interactions, from the Peace of Westphalia to the Congress of Vienna.

  7. Birch's Views of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Birch's Views of Philadelphia. The City & Port of Philadelphia, on the River Delaware from Kensington, an iconic portrait of the elm tree in Philadelphia where tradition holds that William Penn signed the Treaty of Shackamaxon with the Lenape Indian tribe in 1682. Birch's Views of Philadelphia was an 1800 book of prints drawn and engraved by ...

  8. Treaty 7 - Wikipedia

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    Treaty 7 is an agreement between the Crown and several, mainly Blackfoot, First Nation band governments in what is today the southern portion of Alberta. The idea of developing treaties for Blackfoot lands was brought to Blackfoot chief Crowfoot by John McDougall in 1875. [1] It was concluded on September 22, 1877, and December 4, 1877. [2]

  9. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Guadalupe Hidalgo. After the defeat of its army and the fall of the capital in September 1847, Mexico entered into peace negotiations with the U.S. envoy, Nicholas Trist.