THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENT MADISON
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Impressment of U.S. merchant sailors by the British stopped.
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The British were allowed to keep three forts just south of Lake Erie.
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The British had to evacuate all the forts in the Northwest Territory.
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Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory was eliminated.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. On December 24, 1814, The Treaty of Ghent was signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. By terms of the treaty, all conquered territory was to be returned, and commissions were planned to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada.
Detailed explanation-2: -A meeting in Belgium of American delegates and British commissioners ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814. Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims to the Northwest Territory, and both countries pledged to work toward ending the slave trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -The treaty did not, however, settle the matter of sovereignty in the Northwest. Both countries claimed to have discovered the Columbia River in the same year, 1792, and both claimed sovereignty to the surrounding country.
Detailed explanation-4: -The War of 1812 (1812-15) was fought between the United States and Great Britain, primarily over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. The war ended inconclusively after three years of fighting.