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  Article 2, Section 2, Clauses 2 and 3: Debate in Virginia Ratifying Convention
Treaties were to have more force here than in any part of Christendom; for he defied any gentleman to show any thing so extensive in any strong, energetic government in Europe.
No treaty to dismember the empire ought to be made without the consent of three fourths of the legislature in all its branches.
But, say gentlemen, all treaties made under this Constitution are to be the supreme law of nations; that is, in their way of construction, paramount to the constitution itself, and the laws of Congress.
press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/documents/a2_2_2-3s10.html   (6428 words)

  
  Peace of Westphalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The treaties were signed on October 24 and May 15, 1648 and involved the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, the other German princes, Spain, France, Sweden and representatives from the Dutch republic.
The Treaty of the Pyrenees, signed in 1659, ending the war between France and Spain, is also often considered part of the treaty.
Both treaties specifically state that should the treaty be broken, France and Sweden held the right to intervene in the internal affairs of the Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia   (1516 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - MUnster, city, Germany, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
MUnster was founded (c.800) as a Carolingian episcopal see.
In 1648 the Treaty of MUnster was signed there (see Westphalia, Peace of).
MUnster passed to Prussia in 1816 and became the capital of the province of Westphalia.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MunsterGer.html   (309 words)

  
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The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster by
Treaty of the Pyrenees ending the war between France and Spain is also often considered part of the treaty.
The majority of the treaty can be attributed to the work of Cardinal Mazarin who was de facto leader of France at the time.
www.en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Treaty_of_Munster   (453 words)

  
 Ryswick Treaty Of: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
RYSWICK, TREATY OF 1697, the pact that ended the War of the Grand Alliance.
The interwar Locarno Treaty of 1925 sought to restrain allied...defense in possible violation of the ABM treaty could be interpreted by Russia...
...Austria; Mazarin chief minister 1648 Treaty of Westphalia 1648...1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees 1661...
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 Holland and Republicans
The treaty of Munster, ending the long struggle between the Dutch and the Spaniards, was not actually signed until 30 January 1648, the illness and death of the Stadtholder having caused a delay in the negotiations.
In 1648 he opposed acceptance of the Treaty of Münster (the treaty that his father Frederick Henry was forced to made with Spain, despite the fact that it recognized the independence of the Netherlands.
The treaty included a secret article, which the States General refused to entertain, but which de Witt induced the States of Holland to accept, by which the provinces of Holland pledged themselves not to elect a Stadtholder or a captain general.
www.geerts.com /holland/holland-repiblicans.htm   (3682 words)

  
 TREATY of Paris - 1763 - [Ends French and Indian War]
The island of Minorca shall be restored to his Britannick Majesty, as well as Fort St. Philip, in the same condition they were in when conquered by the arms of the Most Christian King; and with the artillery which was there when the said island and the said fort were taken.
The town and port of Dunkirk shall be put into the state fixed by the last treaty of Aix la Chapelle, and by former treaties.
The solemn ratifications of the present treaty, expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged in this city of Paris, between the high contracting parties, in the space of a month, or sooner if possible, to be computed from the day of the signature of the present treaty.
staff.imsa.edu /socsci/jvictory/text_revolution/1763_trty_paris.html   (1342 words)

  
 History Of The Netherlands - Ch. 21
While the discontents of the Austrian Netherlands on the subject of the treaty of the Barrier were in debate, the quadruple alliance was formed between Holland, England, France and the emperor, for reciprocal aid against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
But, by the treaty of Hanover in 1726, the rights of Holland resulting from the treaty of Munster were guaranteed; and in consequence the emperor abolished the company of his creation, by the treaty of Seville in 1729, and that of Vienna in 1731.
The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, definitively signed on the 18th of October, put an end to hostilities; Maria Theresa was established in her rights and power; and Europe saw a fair balance of the nations, which gave promise of security and peace.
www.oldandsold.com /articles36/netherlands-21.shtml   (4258 words)

  
 Guyanaca.com: Feature-The Trail of Diplomacy-Part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After the Treaty of Utrecht, the Governor's residence in Essequibo was removed in 1718 from Fort Kykoveral to a residence called "Het huis nabij" (the house nearby), situated at Cartabo on the point between the mouths of the Mazaruni and the Cuyuni.
On the 3 December 1802, by the Treaty of Amiens, the colonies were restored to the Dutch whose sovereignty was proclaimed on the 20 December.
By the Treaty of Munster in 1648, the Dutch and the Spanish, while retaining the "commerce of the country" which they then respectively held and possessed, were prevented from trading in the territories held by each other.
www.guyanaca.com /features/trail_diplomacy_pt1.html   (18327 words)

  
 Alsace (Traditional province, France)
The division in Upper- and Lower-Alsace, initially known as the counties of Sundgau and Nordgau, respectively, was probably based on the Roman dioceses of Basle and Strasbourg.
In 843, the treaty of Verdun divided the Carolingian Empire among the three sons of Louis le Pieux (778-840), Charlemagne's son and successor.
In 1648, by the treaty of Munster, the Emperor ceded both Landgravates of Lower- and Upper Alsace to France, as well as the ten Imperial cities (Haguenau, Landau [later ceded to Bavarian Palatinate in 1815], Wissembourg, Rosheim, Obernai, Sélestat, Kaysersberg, Turckheim, Colmar and Munster) which had constituted the rich Decapole in 1354.
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This recognition was embodied in the Treaty of the Twenty-Four Articles signed at London in October, 1831; and it was not too generous to the aspirations of Belgian nationality.
If treaties count for nothing, no nation is secure so long as any imaginable combination of Powers can meet it in battle or diplomacy on equal terms; and the stronger nations must perforce fight one another to the death for the privilege of enslaving civilization.
III It is evident to all who study closely the map of France that her eastern frontier falls into two sharply contrasted divisions, the north-eastern which reaches from the sea to the valley of the Sambre, and the south-eastern which extends from that river to, and along the Swiss boundary.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/0/8/0/10809/10809-8.txt   (15841 words)

  
 Münster, Treaty of - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Under the treaty, which was signed at Münster in 1648, Spain recognised the Republic as a sovereign state.
This treaty between the Netherlands and Spain was not the only one signed that year in Münster.
The agreement was part of a far more comprehensive Peace of Westphalia, which redefined the European balance of power after decades of war.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_encyclopedia/00048377?lang=en   (106 words)

  
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The Congress of Munster and Osnabrug having brought the Palatinate Cause to that pass, that the Dispute which has lasted for so long time, has been at length terminated; the Terms are these.
That the Contracts, Exchanges, Transactions, Obligations, Treatys, made by Constraint or Threats, and extorted illegally from States or Subjects (as in particular, those of Spiers complain, and those of Weisenburg on the Rhine, those of Landau, Reitlingen, Hailbron, and others) shall be so annull'd and abolish'd, that no more Enquiry shall be made after them.
In this present Treaty of Peace are comprehended such, who before the Exchange of the Ratification or in six months after, shall be nominated by general Consent, by the one or the other Party; mean time by a common Agreement, the Republick of Venice is therein compriz'd as Mediatrix of this Treaty.
fletcher.tufts.edu /multi/texts/historical/westphalia.txt   (3472 words)

  
 The Treaty of Münster, 16 - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Eighty years after the beginning of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish king, in 1648, a peace accord was signed between the Dutch and the Spanish in the capital of Westphalia, Münster.
The peace treaty was the result of four years of tough negotiation.
Gerard ter Borch was present in the council chamber of Münster town hall when the treaty was finally ratified.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_assets/SK-A-405?lang=en   (149 words)

  
 Researching Public International Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
For multilateral treaties that are the result of many years negotiation, the draft treaty is often available from the body that is coordinating the development of the final text.
In 1648 the two Treaties of Munster and the Treaty of Osnabruck (collectively known as the "Peace of Westphalia) ended the Thirty Years War, and are perceived as a key point in the development of modern international relations.
Since the constitution of the European Union is in fact a sequence of treaties whose cumulative effect has been to been to change earlier texts, there are now specific rules for how to cite the various treaties.
www.law.columbia.edu /library/Research_Guides/internat_law/pubint   (9461 words)

  
 1648
Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War.
The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Treaty of Munster, ending the Eighty Years' War.
The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign state, (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the Estates General) which was before a province of the Spanish Empire.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/16/1648.html   (138 words)

  
 Peace of Westphalia : Treaty of Munster
The treaty was signed October 24, 1648, and meant an end to the long conflict between Catholic and Protestant forces.
The Treaty of the Pyrennes[?] ending the war between France and Spain is also often considered part of the treaty.
It is often said that the Peace of Westphalia initiated the modern fashion of diplomacy as it marked the beginning of the modern system of nation-states.
www.fastload.org /tr/Treaty_of_Munster.html   (361 words)

  
 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: Paristreaty 1763
The island of Minorca shall be restored to his Britannick Majesty, as well as Fort St. Philip, in the same condition they were in when conquered by the arms of the Most Christian King; and with the artillery which was there when the said island and the said fort were taken.
The solemn ratifications of the present treaty, expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged in this city of Paris, between the high contracting parties, in the space of a month, or sooner if possible, to be computed from the day of the signature of the present treaty.
The English version of the Treaty of 1763 is taken from the Collection of Treaties compiled by the Hon.
odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/D/1751-1775/7yearswar/paris.htm   (1347 words)

  
 Treaties
Peace Treaty between the Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France and their respective Allies (Avalon Project).
Treaty of Peace Between The Allied and Associated Powers and Hungary.
Treaty between Sweden and Greath Britain concerning the marriage between Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and Lady Louise Mountbatten
www.geocities.com /dagtho/treaties.html   (362 words)

  
 Münster HIVE
Munster has two HIVEs serving the community, Münster West HIVE at Oxford Bks and Münster South HIVE at York Bks.
Oxford Bks is situated to the West side of Munster.
York bks is situated to the South of Munster.
www.hive-bfg.co.uk /Munster.htm   (681 words)

  
 Guyana: The Shape Of Guyana
In brief, the treaty provided for a tribunal of five, two to be selected by the British, one by the United States, one by Venezuela and the fifth by all four, or by the King of Norway and Sweden if they could not agree.
The arbitrators under the terms of the treaty were to be appointed by Britain's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (two), the Justices of the US Supreme Court (one) and the Venezuelan President (one).
She argued that the Dutch were not grantees of the Spanish at the time of the Treaty of Munster; the latter was an agreement between two parties which had given the Dutch rights up to the Orinoco.
www.guyana.org /features/shape_guyana.html   (5499 words)

  
 The Shape of Guyana - Part I
It is an important treaty from the point of view of the boundary story, but what it did not do was delimit the precise boundaries of the Spanish and Dutch possessions.
Furthermore, one of its clauses (Article V) was to become the subject of contention in 1899, the British claiming that it allowed the Dutch the right of expansion into unoccupied territory, and the Venezuelan counsel maintaining that under the terms of the article, the Dutch were not allowed to expand into other areas.
Suffice it to say here that when ten years after the Treaty of Munster had been ratified, the Dutch set up the colony of Pomeroon, the Spaniards never raised a murmur, although they complained of Dutch breaches of the treaty in other parts of the world.
www.guyanaguide.com /border/guy_shape_pt1.html   (1888 words)

  
 Alsace (Traditional province, France)
The division in Upper- and Lower-Alsace, initially known as the counties of Sundgau and Nordgau, respectively, was probably based on the Roman dioceses of Basle and Strasbourg.
In 843, the treaty of Verdun divided the Carolingian Empire among the three sons of Louis le Pieux (778-840), Charlemagne's son and successor.
In 1648, by the treaty of Munster, the Emperor ceded both Landgravates of Lower- and Upper Alsace to France, as well as the ten Imperial cities (Haguenau, Landau [later ceded to Bavarian Palatinate in 1815], Wissembourg, Rosheim, Obernai, Sélestat, Kaysersberg, Turckheim, Colmar and Munster) which had constituted the rich Decapole in 1354.
flagspot.net /flags/fr-al.html   (1582 words)

  
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The representatives are excluded from interposing in making treaties, because large popular assemblies are very improper to transact such business, from the impossibility of their acting with sufficient secrecy, despatch, and decision, which can only be found in small bodies, and because such numerous bodies are ever subject to factions and party animosities.
Suppose the Constitution had said, that this minister alone could make treaties, and, when he violated the interest of the nation, he would be impeached by the Senate; then the comparison would hold good between the two governments.
Subsequent to this, the treaty {529} of peace was made, by which it was agreed that there should be no further confiscations.
www.constitution.org /rc/rat_va_16.txt   (9657 words)

  
 11. TREATY OF MUNSTER
The independence of the Netherlands was finally recognised by the Treaty of Munster which was signed on the 30 January 1648.
The terms of the Treaty stated that the navigation and trade to the East and West Indies should be maintained as indicated by the charters which were granted.
With reference to the mention of places taken by the Portuguese from the Dutch since 1641, it should be remembered that in that year the Portuguese had severed themselves from the Crown of Spain, and were, at the date of the Treaty of Munster, regarded by the King of Spain as rebels.
www.guyana.org /features/guyanastory/chapter11.html   (841 words)

  
 Treaty of Münster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Treaty of Münster of January 1648, which ended the Eighty Years War between Spain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
The Treaty of Münster of October 1648, part of the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the war between France and the Holy Roman Empire.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treaty_of_M%C3%BCnster   (117 words)

  
 palm
It appears further to be evident that Treaties concluded by Spain with third Powers recognizing her sovereignty over the "Philippines" could not be binding upon the Netherlands and as such Treaties do not mention the island in dispute, they are not available even as indirect evidence.
We thus come back to the question whether, failing any Treaty which, as between the States concerned, decides unequivocally what is the situation as regards the island, the existence of territorial sovereignty is established with sufficient soundness by other facts.
The latter Treaty, though it comprises the island in dispute within the limits of cession, and in spite of the absence of any reserves or protest by the Netherlands as to these limits, has not created in favour of the United States any title of sovereignty such as was not already vested in Spain.
ksumail.kennesaw.edu /~cli/palm.htm   (3636 words)

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