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January 1899: Senate Debate over Ratification of the Treaty of Paris
After the Treaty of Paris was signed in December 1899, the treaty required ratification by at least a two thirds majority of the U.S. Senate. The debate regarding the ratification of the treaty ...
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February 6, 1899: Treaty of Paris ratified
After heated debate, United States Congress approved the Treaty of Paris on February 6, 1899, by a two-thirds margin (57 to 27). The following day, President McKinley signed the treaty ...
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On This Day, Feb. 10: Treaty of Paris formally ends French and Indian War
Feb. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War, with France ceding Quebec to Great ...
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The Paris Agreement Is a Treaty. Treat It as Such.
The first reason is straightforward: The Paris Agreement is a treaty. President Obama, aware that the accord would struggle to meet the two-thirds threshold required by the Constitution’s Treaty ...
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WWI Centenary: 7 peace treaties that ended the first world war, from Versailles to Lausanne
Signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that sparked the war, this treaty designated Germany ...