Also at issue was a demand that Britain pay reparations for Union ships destroyed during the Civil War by Confederate raiders built in England.
This treaty provided for a commission to settle the North Atlantic fishing dispute, resulting in an exchange of customs privileges. One major point at issue was the San Juan Boundary Dispute involving rival claims to a group of islands in Puget Sound, which could have belonged to either country due to faulty wording in the treaty that settled the Northwest Boundary Dispute. Also at issue was a demand that Britain pay reparations for Union ships destroyed during the Civil War by Confederate raiders built in England. FTP, identify the 1871 treaty that sent both of these issues to independent arbitration, which ultimately ruled in favor of the U.S. and which is named for the American capital city where it was negotiated.
This treaty provided for a commission to settle the North Atlantic fishing dispute, resulting in an exchange of customs privileges.
Treaty of Washington