Essential Treaties of European History
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- Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
- Divided the new world between Spain and Portugal
- Treaty of Augsburg (1555)
- Initial settlement of religious issues in Charles V's empire declares "whose region his religion" Charles V retires one yr later
- Twelve Year Truce (1609)
- Btwn Spain and Netherlands. Leads to independence
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- ended 30 Yrs War. one of the most significant treaties in European History which laid the foundation for France's domination of Europe.
- Peace of Utrecht (1713)
- Ended War of Spanish Succession. Bourbon king of Spain confirmed
- Aix-la-Chappelle (1748)
- Ended War of Austrian Succession. Prussia retains Silesia
- Peace of Hubertusburg (1762)
- Prussia retains Silesia
- Treaty of Paris (1763)
- Ended Seven Years War/French Indian War. France loses all of its colonial holdings in America. England poised to dominate Europe.
- Treaty of Campo Formio (1798)
- establishes Napoleon's supremacy. France gets Belgium and important holdings in Italy.
- Treaty of Amiens (1802)
- Peace with England for only 1 yr. only peace in Napoleons rule
- Treaty of Tilsit (1807)
- Russia joins Napoleon's Continental System
- Treaty of Vienna/Congress of Vienna (1815)
- France back to 1792 boarders. Bourbon restored (Louis XVIII). Prussia given lands on Rhine (Kingdom of Westphalia). Netherlands and Belgium union until 1830. Bourbon restord in Spain (Ferdinand VII)
- Treaty of San Stefano (1878)
- Bulgaria torn from Ottomans
- Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- One of the worst treaties in European history. Reparations, mandates, spheres of influence, and clause 231 all lead to outbreak of WWI
- Locarno Agreement (1925)
- Germany and France agree on boarder. West front of Germany guranteed but significantly not the Eastern front. Germant enters League of Nations. This agreement signaled a brief period of hope in peacve after the war. Stressman of Germany and ofther win Noble Prize for efforts.
- Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
- "Renounces war as an instrument of national policy" expressed optimism of Locarno but of corse unjustified.
- Treaty of Rome (1957)
- establishes the European Economic Community (ECC)
- Helsinki Accords (1975)
- a vague agreement signed by 35 countries including the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. which addressed issues of security, economics, science, technology, and human rights.
- Treaty of Maastricht (1991)
- this treaty established the framework for a European political union with a common currency. the EEC becomes EU