USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Rush–Bagot Treaty or Rush–Bagot Disarmament was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812. It was ratified by the United States Senate on April 16, 1818, and was confirmed by Canada, following Confederation in 1867.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In 1817, Great Britain and the United States concluded the Rush–Bagot Agreement to prevent a naval arms race on the Great Lakes. Despite frequent transgressions to the agreement, by the 1920s, the agree-ment was heralded internationally as a model to emulate.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Rush-Bagot Agreement (or Rush-Bagot Treaty) was signed in 1817 by Acting Secretary of State Richard Rush and Sir Charles Bagot, British minister in Washington. The treaty reduced the number of military ships on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain and helped secure the Canadian-American border.

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.