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Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
compromise agreement (signed April 19, 1850) designed to harmonize contending British and U.S. interests in Central America. Because of its equivocal language, it became one of the most discussed and difficult treaties in the history of Anglo-U.
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Harris Treaty
(July 29, 1858), agreement that secured commercial and diplomatic privileges for the United States in Japan and constituted the basis for Western economic penetration of Japan.
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Serbia
Serbia is a country in the west-central Balkans. For most of the 20th century, it was a part of Yugoslavia. The capital of Serbia is Belgrade (Beograd), a cosmopolitan city at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
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John Jay
(1745-1829), member of the Continental Congress, diplomat, and first chief justice, U.S. Supreme Court.
(Aug. 5, 1914), treaty between the United States and Nicaragua, by which the United States gained the right to construct a canal across Nicaragua, an option to build a naval base on the Gulf of Fonseca, and a long-term lease on the Corn Islands in the Caribbean. Nicaragua's neighbours protested, claiming the treaty imperilled their security, and the Central American Court of Justice upheld the validity of their claim. The United States and Nicaragua ignored the ruling; the treaty remained in effect, but the United States used it only to build a lighthouse on the Corn Islands. The refusal of the United States to honour the ruling of the court destroyed the influence of that body, and in March 1918 the court formally ceased to exist.
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