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  Treaty of Alliance (1778) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The treaty resulted from the success of American forces in the Battle of Saratoga.
The Treaty was abrogated in late 1799 after the XYZ Affair.
The Treaty was only mutually benificial for 5 year, from 1778 to 1783, however, the actual treaty lasted until 1800, (22 years).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance   (131 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Treaty of Alliance Between The United States and France; February 6, 1778<
Treaty of Alliance Between The United States and France; February 6, 1778
The essential and direct End of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, Sovereignty, and independance absolute and unlimited of the said united States, as well in Matters of Gouvernement as of commerce.
The contracting Parties declare, that being resolved to fulfil each on its own Part the clauses and conditions of the present Treaty of alliance, according to its own power and circumstances, there shall be no after claim of compensation on one side or the other whatever may be the event of the War.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/france/fr1788-2.htm   (533 words)

  
 Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 269, TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES: Library of Economics and Liberty
This treaty contained provisions for settling some parts of the boundaries that were in dispute, and a declaration against the slave trade; but it was silent on the subject of impressment and change of allegiance, and of the rights in the fisheries.
The principles recognized in these treaties are, that an agreed term of residence in the new country is necessary before the change of allegiance will be recognized by the old; and that a resumption of residence in the old country without intent to return may be taken to be an abandonment of the acquired citizenship.
The constitution, by declaring treaties already made, as well as those to be made, to be the supreme law of the land, has adopted and sanctioned the previous treaties with the Indian nations, and consequently admits their rank among the powers which are capable of making treaties.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy1039.html   (4408 words)

  
 Alliance
Alliance sighted land on the evening of 2 October and, the following morning, she anchored in Texel Roads, Amsterdam's deep-water harbor, with the rest of the squadron.
Meanwhile, the Treaty of Paris which ended the war and recognized the independence of the United States had been ratified on 3 February 1783 some five weeks before the battle in which she fired the last shot of the American Revolution.
Upon floating free, Alliance still seemed to be tight and resumed her voyage via the Virginia capes and the lower Chesapeake Bay to the Rappahannock.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a7/alliance-i.htm   (5198 words)

  
 Cyprus History: 1960 Cyprus Treaty of Alliance
For the purpose of this alliance, and in order to achieve the object mentioned above, a Tripartite Headquarters shall be established on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
The Command of the Tripartite Headquarters shall be assumed in rotation, for a period of one year each, by a Cypriot, Greek and Turkish General Officer, who shall be appointed respectively by the Governments of Greece and Turkey and by the President and the Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus.
The Tripartite Headquarters established by the Treaty of Alliance shall be responsible to the Committee of Ministers in the performance of its functions.
www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/republic/try-alliance.html   (666 words)

  
 Sparks' Life Of Benjamin Franklin: CHAPTER XIV.
Treaty signed without the Knowledge of the Court of France, contrary to the Instructions from Congress, and to the Treaty of Alliance.
When the American treaty was signed, it was not known to the commissioners what progress had been made by the French in their negotiation, or whether it was likely to be completed, or the war to continue.
The provisional treaty of peace was violently assailed in the British Parliament, and became one of the principal causes of the dissolution of the cabinet under Lord Shelburne.
www.ushistory.org /Franklin/biography/chap14.htm   (4807 words)

  
 British Columbia Treaty process referendum
Instead of engaging in meaningful treaty negotiations with First Nations to resolve the issues that have stalled the treaty process, Morales said Gordon Campbell and his government are trying to derail the process through referendum questions crafted to generate responses that support pre-existing government positions on treaty issues.
The Attorney General and the Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations (the "Attorney General") is that Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of matters on behalf of the Provincial Crown in British Columbia relating to the negotiation of treaties with the aboriginal people of British Columbia.
The Attorney General and the Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations (the "Attorney General") is that Minister of the Provincial Crown responsible for the administration of matters on behalf of the Provincial Crown in British Columbia relating to the negotiation of treaties with the aboriginal people of British Columbia.
www.turtleisland.org /news/reflegal.htm   (12267 words)

  
 First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Causes of World War One
Her reason for entering the conflict lay in another direction: she was obligated to defend neutral Belgium by the terms of a 75-year old treaty.
Austria-Hungary signed an alliance with Romania in 1883, negotiated by Germany, although in the event Romania - after starting World War One as a neutral - eventually joined in with the Allies; as such Austria-Hungary's treaty with Romania was of no actual significance.
In the early years of the twentieth century, in 1902, she agreed a military alliance with Japan, aimed squarely at limiting German colonial gains in the east.
www.firstworldwar.com /origins/causes.htm   (4287 words)

  
 USS Alliance
Alliance then sailed for Piraeus, Greece -- the port for Athens -- but violent gales compelled her to seek anchorage in Vourlah Bay for 36 hours before she proceeded to sea again on the morning of the 7th.
To mark her northern voyage, Alliance left behind a copper plate, marked with her name, spiked to a boulder in the middle of a small bight, west of Hakluyt's Headland, Amsterdam Island, as well as a copper plate spiked to a nearby cliff to commemorate the ship's visit to that region.
Alliance continued to operate in the training role over the next few years, but it was becoming obvious that her days as a steamer were numbered, and an Army and Navy Journal article noted early in 1898: "The old Alliance appears to require a great deal of repairing.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a/alliance.htm   (9791 words)

  
 Framework Convention Alliance - Anti-tobacco treaty agreed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But a compromise on a complete advertising ban means the treaty is not quite as strong as some health organisations would have liked.
Poorer countries pushed hard for a strict anti-smoking treaty, and their delegates at the WHO will be pleased that much of what they asked for remains in the final wording, despite the weakened advertising ban.
The treaty is due to be adopted by the WHO's annual assembly in May. But health activists warn the convention, like all such international agreements, is only as strong as the countries which sign it.
www.fctc.org /archives/news334.shtml   (409 words)

  
 Allies - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose.
Similarly, when the term is used in the context of war or armed struggle, a formal treaty is not required for being perceived as an ally - co-belligerence, to fight alongside someone, is enough.
A formal military alliance was concluded between the UK, France and Poland on April 6th, 1939, whereafter also the Soviet Union initiated alliance negotiations, although unsuccessfully.
open-encyclopedia.com /Allies   (682 words)

  
 Prairie Treaty Nations Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The treaties are the foundation of the special trust relationship we have with the Crown.
Treaty First Nations from outside the province have views similar to those of Saskatchewan Chiefs on the central importance of the treaties, and the need for their full implementation and protection.
A Convention between Treaty Indian Nations was adopted and signed in Edmonton last November by the Chiefs of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Treaty One of Manitoba.
collections.ic.gc.ca /indian/a85jul05.htm   (1072 words)

  
 TREATY ASSIGNMENT
Until the pleasure of Congress be known respecting the eighth article, all traders, citizens of the United States, shall have liberty to go to any of the tribes or towns of the Chickasaws to trade with them, and they shall be protected in their persons and property, and kindly treated.
The consideration to be paid, as herein before proposed, is in addition to the provisions of Article VI of the treaty of February 19, 1867, under which Congress shall appropriate from time to time, such an amount as may be required to meet the necessities of said Indians to enable them to become civilized.
This treaty shall be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States.
www.ic.arizona.edu /~ains100/treaty.html   (2345 words)

  
 4cypl43.htm
The Treaty of Alliance shall apply and operate mutatis mutandis in accordance with the new state of affairs established in the Foundation Agreement and the Constitution of Cyprus, taking into account in particular the demilitarisation of Cyprus.
The provisions of the Treaty of Alliance shall apply mutatis mutandis to the commanders of the Greek and Turkish contingents, who shall consult and cooperate in the performance of their functions pursuant to the Treaty.
The Greek and Turkish contingents, each not exceeding (insert 4- digit figure) all ranks shall be permitted to be stationed under the treaty of Alliance in the Greek Cypriot "component state" and the Turkish Cypriot "component state" respectively.
www.athensnews.gr /CyprusPlan/4cypl43.htm   (481 words)

  
 Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
And his majesty and the said United States, having resolved, in that case, to join their counsels and efforts against the enterprises of their common enemy, the respective plenipotentiaries empowered to concert the clauses and conditions proper to fulfil the said intentions, have, after the most mature deliberation, concluded and determined on the following articles.
The essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is, to maintain effectually the liberty, sovereignty, and independence absolute and unlimited of the said United States, as well in matters of government as of commerce.
If his most christian majesty shall think proper to attack any of the islands situated in the gulf of Mexico, or near that gulf, which are at present under the power of Great Britain, all the said isles, in case of success, shall appertain to the crown of France.
www.classbrain.com /artteenst/publish/printer_31.shtml   (416 words)

  
 The Anglo — Egyptian Alliance Treaty 1936.
In its entirety the Treaty, which is a historical document, runs into 29 pages written in Governmental legal jargon and would have been too lengthy and complicated to produce here in full.
The 18 x 13.5 inch colour map at scale 1:1,000,000 shows Egypt from the Nile Delta down for about 200 miles, and from Alexandria in the west to the Bay of Tinato to the east of the Canal, which is shown in detail with the locations of major British bases.
The Treaty simply referred to 'the vicinity of the Canal' and named locations, in the vicinity of which the British servicemen were to be stationed.
www.britains-smallwars.com /Canal/Treaty.html   (1230 words)

  
 Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide - The treaty of alliance
The auxiliary army is under the immediate command of the general in chief of the requiring power; but it shall be led by its own general, and employed in all military operations according to the rules of war.
The engagements contracted by this treaty shall by no means detract from those which the high contracting powers may have entered already into with other powers, nor hinder them from concluding alliances with other states, which may have for their object the attainment of the same happy result.
The stipulations of the preceding articles shall likewise be applied to the maritime places; the contracting powers reserving to themselves the right of regulating in the definitive treaty of peace, the fate of the arsenals and ships of war, armed or in ordinary, which may be found in the said places.
www.napoleonbonaparte.nl /newspaper/weeklymessenger7-1-1814/treatyofalliance.html   (1868 words)

  
 alliance --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Contemporary alliances provide for combined action on the part of two or more independent states and are generally defensive in nature, obligating allies to join forces if one or more of them is attacked by another state or coalition.
In 1854 the villages of Williamsport, Freedom, and Liberty were incorporated as the village of Alliance, so named for the junction and crossing there of the former New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads.
In 1815 Czar Alexander I of Russia drafted a vague treaty, called the Holy Alliance, pledging the monarchs of Europe to take for their rule of conduct “only the Christian religion.” More effective was the Grand, or Quadruple, Alliance, formed in the same year by Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005810?tocId=9005810   (775 words)

  
 Today in History: February 6
On February 6, 1778, France and the fledgling United States of America signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris, France.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce recognized the United States as an independent nation and promoted trade between France and the United States.
The Treaty of Alliance created a military alliance against Great Britain, stipulating American independence as a condition of peace.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/feb06.html   (511 words)

  
 Monarchy Established - History - Iraq - Middle East: form government, army iraq, government iraq, iraq king, 1925 year
King Faisal I formally requested that the mandate under which Iraq was held be transformed into a treaty of alliance between the two nations.
Although Britain did not end the mandate, in June 1922 a 20-year treaty of alliance and protection between Britain and Iraq was signed.
The British refused to take such action at that time, but in June 1930 a new treaty of alliance between Britain and Iraq included a recommendation by Britain that Iraq be admitted to the League of Nations as a free and independent state in 1932.
www.countriesquest.com /middle_east/iraq/history/monarchy_established.htm   (395 words)

  
 Treaty of Alliance (1778) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Treaty of Alliance (1778) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
This alliance, also called the Franco-American Alliance, brought France into the (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783) American Revolutionary War, helping to tip the scales towards the American side and giving hope to the revolutionary cause.
The Treaty was abrogated in late 1799 after the (Click link for more info and facts about XYZ Affair) XYZ Affair.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/treaty_of_alliance_(1778).htm   (98 words)

  
 Quasi-War With France
In an effort to resolve differences with France that had accumulated between the two nations since the Treaty of Alliance of 1778, President John Adams dispatched a commission of three men to meet with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Talleyrand in 1797.
The American public was outraged at publication of the dispatches, and Congress enacted a series of measures to raise an army and authorize a Navy Department.
Although the Franco-American negotiations were initially deadlocked, France finally agreed to cancel the Treaty of Alliance of 1778 if the United States dropped financial claims resulting from recent seizures of American merchant shipping.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/time/nr/16318.htm   (438 words)

  
 Treaty of Alliance and Commerce with France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Because of this treaty, France recognized the United States as an independent country.
Another treaty was also signed by both countries.
In this treaty, both countries agreed that neither of them would stop fighting until the United States won its independence.
researchsmp2.cc.vt.edu /cs4624/RevWar/War/FTreat.html   (109 words)

  
 Triple Alliance, 1882
In case a Great Power nonsignatory to the present Treaty should threaten the security of the states of one of the High Contracting Parties, and the threatened Party should find itself forced on that account to make war against it, the two others bind themselves to observe towards their Ally a benevolent neutrality.
The present Treaty shall remain in force during the space of five years, dating from the day of the exchange of ratifications.
The Imperial and Royal Government declares that the provisions of the secret Treaty concluded May 20, 1882 between Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, cannot, as has been previously agreed, in any case be regarded as being directed against England.
www.dickinson.edu /~rhyne/232/Six/Triple_Alliance_1882.html   (851 words)

  
 Treaty for alliance of Treesia, FIoJ, Alteria - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We, Alterian Federation hereby Ratify and sign the treaty of Friendship, with the nations of Treesia, and the nation of FIoJ.
If either nation has information about a plot of war against any of the other two involved in the treaty than they must pass it on to the nation the information describes.
Should any third party micronation attempt to subvert by infiltration, destabilization or use any other means to overthrow the rightful governments, all signee micronations will view this as an act of war and will immediately take actions necessary to punish the offender.
p200.ezboard.com /fbaronyoftreesiafrm12.showMessage?topicID=11.topic   (588 words)

  
 Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions (ATOP) Website - Home
The Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions (ATOP) project provides data regarding the content of military alliance agreements signed by all countries of the world between 1815 and 2003.
We define our terms and explain the process through which the data were collected and coded in the ATOP codebook, available for download here.
From this website, you can use our search engine to find the alliances of interest to you and view a codesheet describing each alliance (usually with direct quotations from the primary text).
atop.rice.edu   (207 words)

  
 Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2003014563
Soviet Draft of a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Aid of January 22, 1950 Document 8.
Chinese Draft of a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Aid of January 24, 1950 Document 11.
Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Aid, Signed on February 14, 1950 Document 13.
www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip046/2003014563.html   (518 words)

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