CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER I 



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READJUSTMENT AFTER WAR i 



Signing of the Treaty of Ghent Power and importance of 

 Great Britain Weakness and insignificance of the United 

 States European expectation that the American Republic 

 would be short-lived Contrasting views of Tories and Whigs 

 as to the Americans Peace the only important matter settled 

 at Ghent Rejoicing over the Treaty in the United States 

 Treaty attracts slight interest in Great Britain Canadians 

 develop a patriotic tradition of the war Diverse British views 

 as to the future of Canada Commercial convention of 1815 

 between Great Britain and the United States Rivalry in fleet- 

 building on the Great Lakes at the end of the war Proposals 

 for disarmament discussed by Adams and Castlereagh Con 

 clusion of the Rush-Bagot Arrangement of 1817 The rival 

 fleets on the Great Lakes voluntarily destroyed Conciliatory 

 attitude of Castlereagh in London and Bagot in Washington 

 Conclusion of the Treaty of 1818 between Great Britain and 

 the United States Positions and proposals of the two govern 

 ments as to the right of search Draft agreement on the sub 

 ject fails ultimately of adoption Peril to peace in the opposing 

 views tenaciously maintained Agreement in the Treaty of 

 1818 as to the North Atlantic fisheries Nature of the disputes 

 on this subject Claims respectively of Americans and British 

 Limited liberty of inshore fishing recognized to Americans 

 Agreement as to boundary from Lake of the Woods to the Pa 

 cific Oregon territory left open to both British and Americans 

 Difficulties as to the northeastern boundary of the United 

 States as defined in the Treaty of 1783 Progress in defining 

 the line before 1812 Failure to agree by commissioners under 

 Treaty of Ghent Arbitration of King of Netherlands fails of 

 acceptance Correct and friendly character of diplomatic 

 intercourse after the war Anti-British feeling among Amer 

 icans in the Mississippi valley Basis of this feeling in British 

 alliance with the Indians Disturbing influence of Andrew 



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