Rush-Bagot Treaty

The Rush-Bagot Treaty signed in 1817 between the United States and the United Kingdom provided the basis for an unguarded boundary between the US and British North America and demilitarization of the Great Lakes, where many British naval armaments and forts still remained.

It laid the groundwork for and eventually led to the Treaty of Washington of 1871, which completed the job of disarmament.

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