24 Dez 1814 Jahr - Treaty of Ghent

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The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218) was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now Belgium). The treaty restored relations between the two parties to status quo ante bellum, restoring the borders of the two countries to the lines before the war started in June 1812.

The treaty was approved by the British Parliament and signed into law by the Prince Regent (the future King George IV) on December 30, 1814. It took a month for news of the peace treaty to reach the United States during which American forces under Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, and the British won the Second Battle of Fort Bowyer on February 12, 1815. The treaty was not fully in effect until the United States Senate advised and consented to ratification, which occurred unanimously on February 16, 1815. President James Madison ratified the treaty, and ratifications were exchanged, on February 17, 1815. That began more than two centuries of peaceful relations between the United States and Britain, despite a few tense moments, such as the Pig War in 1859 and Trent Affair in 1861.

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