The Treaty of Washington of 1900 was signed on November 7, 1900, and came into effect on March 23, 1901, when the ratifications were exchanged. The treaty sought to remove any ground of misunderstanding growing out of the interpretation of Article III of the 1898
Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris may refer to one of many treaties signed in Paris, France:
Treaties
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* Treaty of Paris (1229), which ended the Albigensian Crusade
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by clarifying specifics of territories relinquished to the United States by Spain. It explicitly provided:
In consideration for that explicit statement of relinquishment, the United States agreed to pay to Spain the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) within six months after the exchange of ratification.
The Treaty of Washington is also known as the ''Cession Treaty''.
See also
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German–Spanish Treaty (1899)
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Treaties concluded in 1900
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