Washington’s natural allies at the UN were concerned that the U. S. wanted influence without meeting its treaty obligations. Some of them withheld support for U. S. proposals. Mr. Helms should also end his hold on an additional 244 million in back dues, whose release he has conditioned ...
It is evident from the previous chapters that the United States and Britain were less than wholly committed to the alliances of which they were members. Yet their attitudes towards each other were qualitatively different to the attitudes that they demonstrated towards their other allies. Their ...
The United Kingdom has signed and ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The United States signed the treaty in September 1996, and currently the decision on whether to ratify it is pending in the Senate. Key differences reside in the political and objective strategic situations of the Unite...
Upon being returned to office, Roosevelt moved quickly to aid the Allies. HisLend-Lease Act, passed in March 1941 aftervehementdebate, committed the United States to supply the Allies on credit. When Germany, on March 25, extended its war zone to include Iceland and theDenmark Strait, Rooseve...
Paragraph 9: In the end, the American colonies won the war and became the United States. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 formally ended the war and recognized the sovereignty of the United States. This victory was monumental, not just for the newly formed nation but also in the annals of his...
United States - Economic Growth, Immigration, Politics: Reagan took office and pledged to reverse the trend toward big government and to rejuvenate the economy, based on the theory that cutting taxes would stimulate so much growth that tax revenues would
MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Militarily, the United States and the Philippines are treaty allies, with a mutual defense obligation.The U.S. regularly rotates military troops and equipment through the Philippines and the two countries have also conducted several joint naval patrols in the South ...
The outcome Ultimately, the ratification provisions of Article VII of the Constitution, created by the Federalists themselves, were one of the best allies the Federalists had in their attempt to ratify the Constitution. After the Constitution had been created at the Constitutional Convention, ...
After the treaty of peace with France, in 1763, Great Britain left quite a large number of troops in America, and required the colonists to contribute to their support. There was no use for this standing army, except to repress the growing spirit ofRepublicanismamong the colonists, and to ...
Other articles where history of United States is discussed: United States: History of the United States: The territory represented by the continental United States had, of course, been discovered, perhaps several times, before the voyages of Christopher