USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Peace negotiations began in Ghent, Belgium, starting in August of 1814. The Americans peace commissioners were John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, James A. Bayard, Sr., and Jonathan Russell.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the treaty said nothing about two of the key issues that started the war–the rights of neutral U.S. vessels and the impressment of U.S. sailors–it did open up the Great Lakes region to American expansion and was hailed as a diplomatic victory in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Treaty of Ghent, (Dec. 24, 1814), agreement in Belgium between Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812 on the general basis of the status quo antebellum (maintaining the prewar conditions).

Detailed explanation-4: -On Christmas Eve, the Treaty of Ghent was signed and ended the United States’ first global conflict after winning independence from Great Britain. The Americans declared war on Britain after the British navy impressed American sailors and cut off American foreign trade to France in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.