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Treaty of Ghent
History of Great Britain
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| 24th Dec Ghent The British delegation is composed of diplomats William Adams, James Lord Gambier, and Henry Goulburn
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| 1814 | Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| 24th Dec Ghent A peace treaty that ends the War of 1812 between the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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| 24th Dec Ghent Britain promises to return captured slaves, but instead a few years later paid the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States œ250,000 for them
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| 24th Dec Ghent The treaty largely restores relations between the two countries to status quo ante bellum, due to the era's slow speed of communication, it took weeks for news of the peace treaty to reach America, well after the Battle of New Orleans had ended
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| 24th Dec Ghent The treaty released all prisoners and restores all war lands and boats, that is, returned to America approximately 10,000,000 acres (40,000 kmý) of territory near Lakes Superior and Michigan, in Maine, and on the Pacific coast
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| 24th Dec Ghent The USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States had been unsuccessful in its invasions of Lower and Upper Canada, while Britain had not made any significant gains, except for the burning of Washington D.C., with its retaliatory raids on American soil.
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| 1814 | Gambier, James | |
| 24th Dec Ghent The British delegation is composed of diplomats William Adams, James Lord Gambier, and Henry Goulburn
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| 1814 | Goulburn, Henry | |
| 24th Dec Ghent The British delegation is composed of diplomats William Adams, James Lord Gambier, and Henry Goulburn
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