Treaty/Date

Nations

Provisions

Jay Treaty

1794

United States/England

Britain withdrew from forts in Great Lakes

Arbitration of Revolutionary debts

Payment for American shipping losses

U.S. gains improved trading status with Britain

Treaty of Ghent

1814

United States/England

Ended War of 1812

No land concessions by either side

No apology by British for impressment

Established commission to set boundary between U.S./Canada

Adams-Onis Treaty

1819

United States/Spain

U.S. got Florida

U.S. paid Spain $5 million

Spain recognized U.S. claims to Oregon country

Established boundary between New Spain and Louisiana Territory

U.S. surrendered its claims to Texas

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

1848

United States/Mexico

Ended Mexican War

Mexico recognized Texas annexation

Mexico surrendered Mexican Cession

U.S. paid Mexico $15 million

Treaty of Paris

1898

United States/Spain

Ended Spanish American War

Cuba freed from Spanish rule

U.S. got Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain

U.S. paid $20 million for Philippines

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Allies/Germany

Ended the Great War (World War I)

Established the League of Nations

Germany punished for starting war

U.S. Senate rejected the treaty because of League of Nations and isolationist sentiment in U.S.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

1949

United States/Twelve European Countries

Military alliance to contain communism in Europe

An attack on one country treated as an attack on all

A mutual defense pact organized around concept of collective security

First entangling alliance for the U.S.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

1954

United States

Great Britain

France

Australia

New Zealand

Thailand

Pakistan

Philippines

Mutual defense pact intended to repel common dangers in southeast Asia

Committed to protecting countries under pressure from internal subversion and external attack by Communism

Helped South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

Intended to contain communism in Asia