Treaty of Ghent: Politics Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Article.Sentence)

Quote #4

And His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States hereby agree to refer the report or reports of the said Commissioners to some friendly Sovereign or State to be then named for that purpose (IV.8)

In the event of a failure to negotiate, the Treaty turns to international arbitration. Russia had already attempted to broker a peace between the U.S. and Britain prior to the Treaty of Ghent negotiations, and the two sides ultimately turned to the King of the Netherlands to rule on outstanding territorial disagreements (source).

Quote #5

The United States of America engage to put an end immediately after the Ratification of the present Treaty to hostilities with all the Tribes or Nations of Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such Ratification. (IX.1)

One of Britain's tactics in the war was to pit Native Americans against the United States. The Brits would have preferred America's westward expansion to stop, seeing it as a threat to the Canadian provinces. Once the war was over, the American public was revved up at the opportunity to settle the frontier. In reality, hostilities with Tribes and Nations of Indians were just beginning. Historians see the Treaty as the last time the Indians were able to act politically on their own behalf.