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Side A ------ Side B
Treaty of Paris (1763) ------ ended the French and Indian War between England and France
Treaty of Paris (1783) ------ ended the American Revolution with England
Jay's Treaty (1794) ------ Britian agreed to leave the forts they occupied on the U.S. frontier
Pinckney's Treaty (1795) ------ Spain allowed Americans to travel freely along the Mississippi River and settled boundary disputes with the U.S. and Spain
Treaty of Greenville (1795) ------ ended the Battle of Fallen Timbers;12 Indian tribes agreed to give up their land of present-day Ohio and Indiana to the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase (1803) ------ America acquired Louisiana territory from France; doubled the size of the U.S.
Treaty of Ghent (1814) ------ ended the War of 1812 with England
Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) ------ Spain gave Florida to the United States
Oregon Treaty (1846) ------ divided Oregon Country between the United States and Canada 
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo (1848) ------ ended the war with Mexico; U.S. acquired the Mexican Cession
Treaty of Paris (1898) ------ ended Spanish-American War; Cuban independence;U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines
Platt Amendment (1902) ------ made Cuba a U.S. protectorate 
Hay-Bunau-Varilla (1903) ------ Panama became independent; U.S. acquired control over canal zone, and can intervene in Panama
Treaty of Verailles (1918) ------ ended WWI; German reparations and war-guilt clause; Leage of Nations created, but the U.S. does not sign on.
Potsdam Treaty (1945) ------ ended WWII in Europe; carved up and disarmed Germany; eliminated Nazis; punished war criminals
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) (1948-1995) ------ lowered barriers to international trade; 1994, created World Trade Organization
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (1949) ------ mutual defense pact among U.S., Canada, and ten Western European allies
Korean War settlement (1953) ------ stalemate--Korea remained split with a demilitarized zone between the North and South
Geneva Accords (1954) ------ temporarily divided Vietnam into communist North and anticommunist South
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) ------ barred atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons
SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979) (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) ------ halted growth of numbers of two types of nuclear missiles; limited number of strategic weapons and nuclear-missile launcher
Vietnam War agreement (1973) ------ ended American involvement; country remained divided with North Vietnamese troops in the South
Camp David Accords (1978) ------ President Carter helped negotiate Middle East peace agreements between Jordan and Egypt and Israel
INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty (1987) ------ eliminated two classes of weapons;allowed inspection of military installations
START I (1991) and START II (1993) ------ continued nuclear arem reduction up to 75 percent
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) (1993) ------ U.S., Canada, and Mexico drop all trade barriers
Kyoto Accords (1997) ------ internation climate treaty; 2001, U.S. doesn't sign

Side A ------ Side B
Treaty of Paris (1763) ------ ended the French and Indian War between England and France
Treaty of Paris (1783) ------ ended the American Revolution with England
Jay's Treaty (1794) ------ Britian agreed to leave the forts they occupied on the U.S. frontier
Pinckney's Treaty (1795) ------ Spain allowed Americans to travel freely along the Mississippi River and settled boundary disputes with the U.S. and Spain
Treaty of Greenville (1795) ------ ended the Battle of Fallen Timbers;12 Indian tribes agreed to give up their land of present-day Ohio and Indiana to the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase (1803) ------ America acquired Louisiana territory from France; doubled the size of the U.S.
Treaty of Ghent (1814) ------ ended the War of 1812 with England
Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) ------ Spain gave Florida to the United States
Oregon Treaty (1846) ------ divided Oregon Country between the United States and Canada 
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo (1848) ------ ended the war with Mexico; U.S. acquired the Mexican Cession
Treaty of Paris (1898) ------ ended Spanish-American War; Cuban independence;U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines
Platt Amendment (1902) ------ made Cuba a U.S. protectorate 
Hay-Bunau-Varilla (1903) ------ Panama became independent; U.S. acquired control over canal zone, and can intervene in Panama
Treaty of Verailles (1918) ------ ended WWI; German reparations and war-guilt clause; Leage of Nations created, but the U.S. does not sign on.
Potsdam Treaty (1945) ------ ended WWII in Europe; carved up and disarmed Germany; eliminated Nazis; punished war criminals
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) (1948-1995) ------ lowered barriers to international trade; 1994, created World Trade Organization
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (1949) ------ mutual defense pact among U.S., Canada, and ten Western European allies
Korean War settlement (1953) ------ stalemate--Korea remained split with a demilitarized zone between the North and South
Geneva Accords (1954) ------ temporarily divided Vietnam into communist North and anticommunist South
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) ------ barred atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons
SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979) (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) ------ halted growth of numbers of two types of nuclear missiles; limited number of strategic weapons and nuclear-missile launcher
Vietnam War agreement (1973) ------ ended American involvement; country remained divided with North Vietnamese troops in the South
Camp David Accords (1978) ------ President Carter helped negotiate Middle East peace agreements between Jordan and Egypt and Israel
INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty (1987) ------ eliminated two classes of weapons;allowed inspection of military installations
START I (1991) and START II (1993) ------ continued nuclear arem reduction up to 75 percent
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) (1993) ------ U.S., Canada, and Mexico drop all trade barriers
Kyoto Accords (1997) ------ internation climate treaty; 2001, U.S. doesn't sign