Event record · diplomatic
Great Lakes · Diplomacy
Rush–Bagot arrangement
1817
The United States and Britain limit naval armaments on the Great Lakes.
Participants
- Richard Rush
- Charles Bagot
- United States and British governments
Outcome
The governments limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes.
Why it matters
Postwar restraint helped turn a militarized border into a durable diplomatic relationship.
Location evidence
44.000, -82.000 · regional precision
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Evidence behind this event
- Rush–Bagot Pact and Convention of 1818Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State · diplomatic history
Border settlement and demilitarization after the war.