Part of the Treaty of Ghent's job was to clarify ambiguities in a prior treaty—that's right, these treaties were as confusing at the time as they are now. The Treaty of Ghent makes a few referenc...

The Jay Treaty was the equivalent of the United States yelling "uncle."The U.S. had been angry with Britain since independence over some issues that never seemed to go away. Three in particular fro...

Even though the text directly refers to them, no Native Americans were present when the Treaty of Ghent was negotiated. Arguing about the creation of a Native territory in between the United States...

From the British perspective, the Treaty of Ghent wasn't even the most important treaty signed in 1814. That's because America's War of 1812 was a footnote in British military history. The main eve...