List of United States treaties

This is a list of treaties to which the United States has been a party or which have had direct relevance to U.S. history.

Pre-Revolutionary War treaties

Although the U.S. is not a party to these, not coming into existence till 1776, these treaties have had some relevance to later U.S. history.

U.S. international treaties

These are treaties the U.S. made with other international states. This is mostly to distinguish them from the next category. Under the United States Constitution, treaties must be ratified by the two-thirds approval of United States Senate in order to take effect.

1776-1799

1778 - Treaty of Alliance - American Revolutionary War alliance with France
1778 - Treaty of Amity and Commerce - with France
1778 - Act Separate and Secret Between The United States and France
1783 - Second Treaty of Paris AKA Treaty of Versailles - ended the American Revolutionary War
1785 - Treaty of Amity and Commerce - with Prussia
1786 - Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship - Morocco--first Sovereign state to recognize the U.S; oldest unbroken U.S. treaty
1789 - Jay-Gardoqui Treaty - trade treaty with Spain (not ratified)
1795 - Jay Treaty AKA Treaty of London - attempts to settle post-Revolution disputes with Great Britain
1795 - Treaty with Algeria
1795 - Pinckney's Treaty AKA Treaty of Madrid, Treaty of San Lorenzo - defines boundaries of U.S. with Spanish colonies
1796 - Treaty with Tripoli - tribute payments to Tripoli to protect Americans from seizure and ransom
1797 - Treaty with Tunis - increases tribute payments to Tripoli

1800-1849

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - U.S. buys Louisiana from France
1805 - Treaty with Tripoli - ends First Barbary War (1801-1805)
1806 - Monroe-Pinkney Treaty with Britain (not ratified)
1814 - Treaty of Ghent - ends War of 1812
1815 - Treaty with Algieria
1816 - Treaty with Algieria
1817 - Rush-Bagot Treaty - settles boundary disputes with United Kingdom
1818 - Treaty of 1818 - settles boundary disputes with United Kingdom
1819 - Adams-Onis Treaty - settles a border dispute with Spain; Florida becomes part of U.S.
1824 - Russo-American Treaty - border of Russian Alaska's southern limit fixed at the 54 40'
1824 - Treaty with Tunis
1828 - Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation - with Brazil
1836 - Treaty with Morocco
1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty - settles boundary disputes between the U.S. and Canada
1846 - Oregon Treaty - establishes the border between the British and U.S. sections of the Oregon Country
1846 - Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty
1847 - Treaty of Cahuenga - ends the Mexican-American War in California
1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - fully ends the Mexican-American War

1850-1899

1850 - Clayton-Bulwer Treaty - U.S. and United Kingdom agree not to colonize Central America
1854 - Convention of Kanagawa - forcibly opens Japan to American trade
1855 - Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty - with Canada on trade and tariffs
1858 - U.S.-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce, also known as Harris Treaty - forces the opening of treaty ports on Japan
1864 - First Geneva Convention - established rules for the treatment of battlefield casualties
1867 - Alaska Purchase - U.S. buys Alaska from Russia
1868 - Burlingame Treaty - U.S. establishes relations with China
1868 - Treaty on Naturalization - with North German Confederation; first recognition by a European power of the legal right of its subjects to beome American citizens
1870 - Treaty on Naturalization - with United Kingdom
1871 - Treaty of Washington - settles grievances between the U.S. and Canada
1883 - Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property - intellectual property systems, including patents, of any contracting state become accessible to the nationals of other states party to the Convention
1886 - Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (ratified by U.S. in 1989)
1898 - Sixth Treaty of Paris - ends the Spanish-American War
1899 - Hague Conventions - one of the first formal statements of the laws of war

1900-1949

1901 - Hay-Pauncefote Treaty - nullified Clayton-Bulwer Treaty in exchange for free access to build a canal across Central America
1901 - Boxer Protocol AKA Treaty of 1901, Peace Agreement between the Great Powers and China - one of the Unequal Treaties with China
1903 - Hay-Herran Treaty - the U.S. attempt to acquire a lease on Panama from Colombia (not ratified by U.S.)
1903 - Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty - establishes the Panama Canal Zone
1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth - ends Russo-Japanese War; negotiated by Theodore Roosevelt
1905 - Taft-Katsura Agreement - Japan and U.S. agree on spheres of influence in Asia
1906 - Second Geneva Convention - treatment of wounded, sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea
1907 - Gentlemen's Agreement - limiting Japanese immigration to the U.S.
1908 - Treaty on Naturalization - with Portugal
1912 - International Opium Convention - first international drug control treaty
1917 - Lansing-Ishii Agreement - trade treaty between the U.S. and Japan
1919 - Treaty of Saint-Germain - ends World War I between Allies and ^*] (not ratified by U.S.)
1919 - Treaty of Versailles - ends World War I between Allies and Germany (not ratified by U.S.)
1920 - Treaty of Trianon - regulates the borders of Hungary (not ratified by U.S.)
1921 - Treaty of Berlin - separate World War I peace agreement between United States and Germany
1922 - Washington Naval Treaty - limits the naval armaments race
1923 - Treaty of Lausanne - sets the boundaries of modern Turkey
1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact - calls "for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy"
1929 - Third Geneva Convention - establishes rules for the treatment of prisoners of war
1930 - London Naval Treaty - regulates submarine warfare and shipbuilding
1941 - Atlantic Charter - World War II allied agreement (not clear if this is a treaty or, if so, whether ratified)
1944 - Bretton Woods Agreement - establishes the rules for commercial and financial relations among the major industrial states
1945 - Potsdam Agreement - World War II allied agreement (not clear if this is a treaty or, if so, whether ratified)
1945 - UN Charter - establishes the United Nations
1946 - Bermuda Agreement - bilateral treaty on Civil Aviation between U.S. and United Kingdom
1947 - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) - establishes rules for international trade
1947 - Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 - establishes peace in Europe after World War II
1947 - Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) - Western Hemisphere mutual defense
1947 - Convention on International Civil Aviation AKA Chicago Convention - establishes International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
1949 - North Atlantic Treaty (Treaty of Washington) - establishes NATO mutual defense organization
1949 - Fourth Geneva Convention - establishes rules for the protection of civilians during times of war

1950-1999

1951 - Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - (with U.S. qualifications)
1951 - Treaty of San Francisco - a peace treaty between the Allied powers and Japan; ends the Pacific conflict of World War II
1951 - Mutual Defense Treaty - between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America
1952 - ANZUS Treaty - mutual defense alliance between Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.
1954 - Mutual Defense Treaty - Created an alliance with South Korea, and established basis of South Korean adherence with U.S consulations on North Korean policy
1954 - Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty - creates SEATO mutual defense organization
1955 - Central Treaty Organization AKA CENTO, the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), Baghdad Pact - creates CENTO mutual defense organization
1955 - Open Skies Treaty - allow access to other nations' military activities by means of aerial surveillance flights
1957 - International Atomic Energy Treaty (US PL 85-177)
1958 - 1958 US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement - with United Kingdom
1960 - Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan - mutual defense treaty with Japan
1961 - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (US PL 87-297)
1961 - Antarctic Treaty - governs international relations in Antarctica
1961 - Columbia River Treaty (ratified 1964) - with Canada to manage water in the Columbia River basin
1961 - Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
1961 - Alliance for Progress
1961 - Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
1962 - Nassau agreement - defense treaty with United Kingdom
1963 - Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
1963 - Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
1963 - Partial Test Ban Treaty
1967 - Outer Space Treaty
1968 - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
1969 - Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
1970 - Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
1970 - Boundary Treaty of 1970 - settles U.S. - Mexico border on Rio Grande
1971 - Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
1971 - Convention on Psychotropic Substances
1972 - Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty AKA ABM Treaty (U.S. withdrew in 2002)
1972 - SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
1972 - Biological Weapons Convention (not ratified by U.S.)
1972 - Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) (implemented by U.S., but not signed)
1973 - Paris Peace Accords - with North Vietnam ending the Vietnam War
1974 - Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
1977 - Torrijos-Carter Treaties - transfer of Panama Canal to Panama
1978 - Camp David Accords - between Israel and Egypt; negotiated and signed in U.S.
1979 - SALT II (not ratified by U.S.)
1985 - Plaza Accord - G-5 agreed to devalue the US dollar in relation to the Japanese yen and German Deutsche Mark by intervening in currency markets
1986 - Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations
1988 - Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) - with U.S. and USSR
1988 - United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
1989 - Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
1990 - Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany - final World War II peace with Germany and Allies
1991 - START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) - with US and USSR
1992 - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ratified with qualifications by U.S. Senate)
1992 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1993 - Oslo Accords - between Egypt and Israel; negotiated with U.S. involvement
1993 - Chemical Weapons Convention
1993 - START II (not ratified by U.S.)
1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
1994 - Kremlin accords - US and USSR missile and nuclear weapons control
1994 - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea AKA Law of the Sea, LOS (not ratified by U.S.)
1994 - Colorado river dispute - with Mexico on water qualilty and quantity
1995 - Dayton Agreement - ends war and determines the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina; negotiated and signed in U.S.
1995 - General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
1996 - WIPO Copyright Treaty - protects computer programs and databases
1996 - WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
1996 - Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (not ratified by U.S.)
1997 - Ottawa Convention on Landmines (not signed by U.S.)
1997 - Worldwide Chemical Weapons Convention
1998 - Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("unsigned" by the U.S.)

2000-current

2000 - Patent Law Treaty (PLT) - (not ratified by U.S.)
2001 - Convention on Cybercrime - (U.S. ratification status?)
2002 - SORT (Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty) AKA Moscow Treaty - limits the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the U.S.
2004 - International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture AKA "International Seed Treaty" - to assure farmers' access to seeds of the world's food security crops (not ratified by U.S.)
2005 - Kyoto Protocol - climate change (not ratified by U.S.)
2005 - Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement