Click on a treaty number to access biographies of important aboriginal figures in treaty negotiations in Canada.

The Panama Canal was a short-cut through the tip of South America. Use this site to find out who built it and why.

An July 2007 analysis of the proposed EU Reform Treaty by Ruth Lea, director of the Global Vision think tank and Charles Grant, director of the Centre For European Reform.

Wonderful NARA site that provides pictures of the original treaty and agreements of the Louisiana Purchase. Brief introduction discusses the amount of land purchased and the cost per acre described by the Purchase.

This Wikipedia site provides readers with a list of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) member countries, reasons it was established, and dates it was implemented and disbanded. Includes links to concepts that may require further...

Read the text of treaties concerning Anti-Ballistic Missiles.

See why a war between Great Britain and France showed the vulnerablity of the new United States. Should the United States help France, after that country gave so much in the Revolutionary War, and risk the economic and military enmity of...

In this essay on the Nez Perce conflicts you will read about how the tribe attempted to live within the treaties signed, but because of outside influences, could not.

An analysis of both the Rush-Bagot Treaty and the Convention of 1818. Scroll to the last few paragraphs to find the provisions of the Convention of 1818. From the U.S. State Department.

The original text of the British Royal Proclamation, 1763 - the document that dealt with the governance of the new colonies of British North America. The author of the site has published the text of the document as well as an annotation...

The text of the famous Dawes Act of 1887 which attempted to provide allotment of lands to Native Americans.

A brief description of the diplomacy involved between the United States and other countries leading up to the building of the Panama Canal.

Great map of Europe with color coated countries denoting when they joined NATO.

Resource presents the curriculum vitae (document of personal experiences and qualifications) for Lt. General Jean-Marie Jockin, the Belgian military representative to NATO.

Resource presents the curriculum vitae (document of personal experiences and qualifications) for Vice Admiral William D. Sullivan, the US military representative to NATO.

Resource presents the curriculum vitae (document of personal experiences and qualifications) for Vice Admiral P.K. Haddacks, the British military representative to NATO.

Resource presents the curriculum vitae (document of personal experiences and qualifications) for Vice Admiral A.J. Sarmento, the Portuguese military representative to NATO.

A brief summary of Harry S. Truman's road to the presidency. Lists Truman's accomplishments in foreign policy.

A summary of what President Wilson's Fourteen Points were. Provides a brief discussion of why the 14th point was the most controversial.

Read about the many problems encountered by John Quincy Adams during his presidency, most not of his making, but a reflection of the split in the philosophies of the National Republicans and the up-and-coming Jacksonian Democrats.

Provides information about the Opium Wars, Unequal Treaties, and other actions by Western powers that hastened the fall of Imperial China, and the emergence of modern China.

A lengthy lecture-format page with key points of the development and emergence of the Cold War. Includes many useful links within the content.

A first-hand account describing the Cherokee Native Americans during the period of their displacement (1837) from the southern United States to Oklahoma Indian territory.

This Teaching With Historic Places unit, designed for students in grades 5-12 is about the conflict between American settlers and the Cherokee Nation. Students will outline events leading up to the forced relocation of the Cherokee in...