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All Peace, Armistice and Territorial Treaties

Treaties and agreements that end wars, fix borders or transfer rights: the armistices of 1918 and 1940, the nineteenth century unequal treaties with China, Siam and Japan, the dissolution accords of the Soviet Union and the treaties that settled frontiers in Europe, Africa and Asia. A document belongs here when its cited article describes a peace, armistice, border or concession treaty. It excludes alliance treaties and treaties on trade or the environment.

All Peace, Armistice and Territorial Treaties
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1954 Geneva Conference

International and Human Rights Instruments

Adams-Onís Treaty

International and Human Rights Instruments

Alaska Purchase

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Armistice of 22 June 1940

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Armistice of Mudros

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Armistice of Villa Giusti

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Austrian State Treaty

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Belovezha Accords

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Bowring Treaty

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Boxer Protocol

International and Human Rights Instruments

Burlingame Treaty

International and Human Rights Instruments

Convention of 1800

International and Human Rights Instruments

Convention of Chuenpi

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Convention of Kanagawa

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Convention of Peking

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First Vienna Award

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Gadsden Purchase

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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

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Korean Armistice Agreement

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Lateran Treaty

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

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Montevideo Convention

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Munich Agreement

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Oregon Treaty

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Potsdam Conference

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Potsdam Declaration

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Simla Convention

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Svalbard Treaty

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Sykes-Picot Agreement

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Third Treaty of San Ildefonso

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Torrijos-Carter Treaties

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Treaty of 1818

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Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

International and Human Rights Instruments

Treaty of Fes

International and Human Rights Instruments

Treaty of Gandamak

International and Human Rights Instruments

Treaty of Georgievsk

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Treaty of Greenville

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Treaty of Manila (1946)

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Treaty of Osimo

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Treaty of Rapallo (1922)

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Treaty of Tientsin

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Treaty of Tripoli

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Treaty of Vereeniging

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Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Munich Agreement (Wikipedia)
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The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.
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Montevideo Convention (Wikipedia)
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The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States is a treaty signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 26, 1933, during the Seventh International Conference of American States.
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Potsdam Declaration (Wikipedia)
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The Potsdam Declaration, or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.
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Oregon Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Oregon Treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C.
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Treaty of Versailles (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919.
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Alaska Purchase (Wikipedia)
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On April 9 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
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Treaty of Greenville (Wikipedia)
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It was signed at Fort Greenville, now Greenville, Ohio, on August 3, 1795, following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier in August 1794.
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Treaty of Tordesillas (Wikipedia)
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The treaty was signed on 7 June 1494, then ratified by Spain on 2 July 1494, by Portugal on 5 September 1494, and by Pope Julius II on 24 January 1506.
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Gadsden Purchase (Wikipedia)
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The Gadsden Purchase (Spanish: Venta de La Mesilla, lit. 'La Mesilla sale'), also known as the Treaty of Mesilla, is the acquisition of a 29,640-square-mile (76,800 km2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico by the United States from Mexico.
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Treaty of 1818 (Wikipedia)
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The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, is an international treaty signed in 1818 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (Wikipedia)
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The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with a secret protocol establishing Soviet and German spheres of influence across Eastern Europe.
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Convention of Kanagawa (Wikipedia)
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The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty (神奈川条約, Kanagawa Jōyaku) or the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity (日米和親条約, Nichibei Washin Jōyaku), was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854.
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Sykes-Picot Agreement (Wikipedia)
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement () was a 1916 secret treaty between the United Kingdom and France, with assent from Russia and Italy, to define their mutually agreed spheres of influence and control in an eventual partition of the Ottoman Empire.
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Adams-Onís Treaty (source article)
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The Adams-Onís Treaty was an agreement between Spain and the United States, signed February 22, 1819, by John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís respectively.
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Convention of 1800 (Wikipedia)
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The Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine (French: Traité de Mortefontaine), was signed on September 30, 1800, by the United States and France.
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Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (source article)
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The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secret agreement signed on 1 October 1800 between Spain and the French Republic by which Spain agreed in principle to exchange its North American colony of Louisiana for territories in Tuscany.
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was a treaty that resolved several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies (the region that later became the Dominion of Canada).
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Treaty of Tientsin (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Tientsin, also known as the Treaty of Tianjin, is a collective name for several unequal treaties signed at Tianjin (then romanized as Tientsin) in June 1858.
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Convention of Peking (Wikipedia)
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Following the decisive defeat of the Chinese, Prince Gong was compelled to sign two treaties on behalf of the Qing government with Lord Elgin and Baron Gros, who represented Britain and France respectively.
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Boxer Protocol (Wikipedia)
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It is known as the Xinchou Treaty or Beijing protocol in Chinese, where "Xinchou" refers to the year (1901) of signature under the sexagenary cycle system.
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Treaty of Gandamak (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Gandamak officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
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Torrijos-Carter Treaties (Wikipedia)
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The Torrijos-Carter Treaties (Spanish: Tratados Torrijos-Carter) are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, which superseded the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903.
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Korean Armistice Agreement (Wikipedia)
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The Korean Armistice Agreement (Korean: 한국정전협정; Hanja: 韓國停戰協定) is an armistice that brought about a cessation of hostilities of the Korean War.
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Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was a treaty which was signed on September 27, 1830, and proclaimed on February 24, 1831, between the Choctaw American Indian tribe and the United States government.
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Treaty of Tripoli (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Tripoli (Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary) was signed in 1796.
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Lateran Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Lateran Treaty was one component of the Lateran Pacts of 1929, agreements between Italy under King Victor Emmanuel III and Duce Benito Mussolini and the Holy See under Pope Pius XI to settle the long-standing Roman question.
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Svalbard Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Svalbard Treaty (originally the Spitsbergen Treaty) recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called Spitsbergen.
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (Wikipedia)
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The treaty supplanted the 1945 Potsdam Agreement: in it, the Four Powers renounced all rights they had held with regard to Germany, allowing for its reunification as a fully sovereign state the following year.
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Potsdam Conference (Wikipedia)
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The Potsdam Conference (German: Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from 17 July to 2 August 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
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1954 Geneva Conference (Wikipedia)
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The Geneva Conference was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations.
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Armistice of 22 June 1940 (Wikipedia)
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The Armistice of 22 June 1940 (French: Armistice du 22 juin 1940; German: Waffenstillstand vom 22. Juni), sometimes referred to as the Second Armistice at Compiègne, was an agreement signed at 18:36 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the French Third Republic.
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Armistice of Mudros (Wikipedia)
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The Armistice of Mudros (Ottoman Turkish: موندروس متارکه‌نامه‌سی; Turkish: Mondros Mütarekesi) ended hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre between Ottoman Empire and the Allies of World War I.
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Armistice of Villa Giusti (Wikipedia)
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The Armistice of Villa Giusti or Padua Armistice was an armistice convention with Austria-Hungary which de facto ended warfare between Allies and Associated Powers and Austria-Hungary during World War I.
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Austrian State Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Austrian State Treaty (German: Österreichischer Staatsvertrag [ˈøːstɐraɪçɪʃɐ ˈʃtaːtsfɐˌtraːɡ] ) or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state.
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Belovezha Accords (Wikipedia)
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The Agreement on the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (officially), or unofficially the Minsk Agreement and best known as the Belovezha Accords, is the agreement declaring that the Soviet Union (USSR) had effectively ceased to exist and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place as an organization created by the same Union Republics.
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Spanish: Tratado Hay-Bunau Varilla) was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
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Simla Convention (Wikipedia)
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The Simla Convention (Traditional Chinese: 西姆拉條約; Simplified Chinese: 西姆拉条约), officially the Convention Between Great Britain, China, and Tibet, was an ambiguous treaty concerning the status of Tibet negotiated by representatives of the Republic of China, Tibet and Great Britain in Simla and Delhi during 1913-1914, with the eventual signing of the Convention taking place in Simla.
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Treaty of Fes (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Fes (Arabic: معاهدة فاس, French: Traité de Fès), officially the Treaty Concluded Between France and Morocco on 30 March 1912, for the Organization of the French Protectorate in the Sharifian Empire (French: Traité conclu entre la France et le Maroc le 30 mars 1912, pour l'organisation du protectorat français dans l'Empire chérifien), was a treaty signed by Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco under duress and French diplomat Eugène Regnault on 30 March 1912.
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Treaty of Georgievsk (Wikipedia)
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The treaty established eastern Georgia as a protectorate of Russia, which guaranteed its territorial integrity and the continuation of its reigning Bagrationi dynasty in return for prerogatives in the conduct of Georgian foreign affairs.
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Treaty of Manila (1946) (Wikipedia)
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It relinquished U.S. sovereignty over the Philippines and recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines.
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Treaty of Osimo (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Osimo was signed on 10 November 1975 by Italy and Yugoslavia in Osimo, Italy, to definitively divide the Free Territory of Trieste between the two states: the port city of Trieste with a narrow coastal strip to the north-west (Zone A) was given to Italy; a portion of the north-western part of the Istrian peninsula (Zone B) was given to Yugoslavia.
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Treaty of Rapallo (1922) (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Rapallo was an agreement signed on 16 April 1922 between Germany and Russia under which both renounced all territorial and financial claims against each other and opened friendly diplomatic relations.
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Treaty of Vereeniging (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Vereeniging was a peace treaty, signed on 31 May 1902, that ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other.
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Bowring Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The treaty had tremendous effects on Siamese economy, society and international relations in Thai history, marking the advent of "Modern Siam" in most historiographies, also serving as the model for "Bowring-type" unequal treaties that Siam was going to make with other Western nations in the nineteenth century.
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Burlingame Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Burlingame Treaty (Chinese: 中美天津條約續增條款), also known as the Burlingame-Seward Treaty of 1868, and formally titled the Sino-American Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce, was a landmark treaty between the United States and Qing China, amending the Treaty of Tientsin, to establish formal friendly relations between the two nations, with the United States granting China the status of most favored nation with regard to trade.
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Convention of Chuenpi (Wikipedia)
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The Convention of Chuenpi (also "Chuenpee", pinyin: Chuān bí) was a tentative agreement between British Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade in China Charles Elliot and Qing Imperial Commissioner Qishan during the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China.
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First Vienna Award (Wikipedia)
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The First Vienna Award was a treaty signed on 2 November 1938 pursuant to the Vienna Arbitration, which took place at Vienna's Belvedere Palace. The arbitration and award were direct consequences of the previous month's Munich Agreement, which resulted in the partitioning of Czechoslovakia.
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