USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Rush-Bagot Pact was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain to eliminate their fleets from the Great Lakes, excepting small patrol vessels.

Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. and the British agreed to joint control over the Oregon Territory. The Rush–Bagot Agreement laid the foundation for the world’s longest east–west boundary-8, 891 kilometres (5, 525 mi), and the longest demilitarized border in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rush-Bagot Agreement, signed on April 28-29, 1817, provided for naval disarmament between Canada and the United States along the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. It is the oldest arms limitation treaty existing in the world today.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Rush-Bagot Treaty took place between the United States and Great Britain following the War of 1812 and its goal was to significantly eliminate both countries’ burgeoning naval fleets stationed in the Great Lakes. Both nations aimed to ease tensions as a way to prevent another Anglo-American war.

Detailed explanation-5: -What was the significance of the Rush-Bagot Agreement? It demilitarized the Great Lakes after the War of 1812 and led to more peaceful diplomacy between Great Britain and the United States, eventually leading to the creation of other important treaties between the two nations, such as the Oregon Treaty of 1846.