Early Republic Foreign Policy · US History

The primary American goal in the negotiations for the Treaty of Ghent was:

To obtain more land in the West from the British
To force the British to acknowledge American maritime rights
To establish a permanent peace with the Iroquois Confederacy
To gain control over the fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland

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Correct answer: To force the British to acknowledge American maritime rights

The war was largely fought over the rights of neutral nations and the safety of American sailors. Although the treaty did not explicitly mention these rights, the end of the European war effectively stopped the violations.

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