US History Chapter 8 Study Guide

Rush-Bagot Agreement

The Rush-Bagot Treaty was a treaty between the United States and Britain enacted in 1817 (signed April 28-29, 1817 in Washington, DC). The treaty provided for the demilitarization of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, where many British naval arrangements and forts still remained. The treaty laid the basis for a demilitarized boundary between the U.S. and British North America. This agreement was indicative of improving relations between the United States and Great Britain in the period following the War of 1812.

Summarize: What effect did the revolutions in Latin America have on US foreign policy?

The political cicumstances around the latin revolutions against the European colonies reminded most American leaders of the American Revolution. As a result they supported these struggles.

James Monroe

5th President of the U.S. 1817-1825 acquired Florida from Spain; declared Monroe Doctrine to keep foreign powers out.

Simon Bolivar

Nicknamed the Liberator, led revolutions against the Spanish in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Monroe Doctrine

President James Monroe's statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a foreign country to colonize would be considered an act of hostility

Summarize: How were the disagreements b/w US and Spanish Florida settled?

President Monroe sent General Andrew Jackson with troops to Florida- US border. He chased Seminole Indian leaders into Florida and captured many of the Spanish military posts. Spanish leaders were upset but eventually signed the Adams-Onis Treaty. giving east Florida to US.

Adams-Onis Treaty

Spain gave up Florida to the U.S. and the U.S./Mexico border was set so that Texas and the American Southwest would be part of Mexico.

Summarize: What were the main disputes between US and Britain?

The US and Britain both wanted to keep their navies and fishing rights on the Great Lakes.

Monroe Doctrine Basic Point #4

The US would consider any European powers attempts to colonize or interfere with any nation in the Western Hemisphere to be a hostile act.

Monroe Doctrine Basic Point #2

The US would recognize, and not interfere with colonies that already existed in North and South America.

Monroe Doctrine Basic Point One

The United States would not interfere in the affairs of European nations.

Monroe Doctrine Basic Point #3

The Western Hemisphere was to be off-limits to future colonization by any foreign power.

Convention of 1818

treaty between England and the United States that set the northern American border at the 49th parallel and stated Oregon as a joint occupation.