Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

American  

[kleyt-n bool-wer] / ˈkleɪt n ˈbʊl wər /

noun

1. an agreement between the United States and Great Britain in 1850 guaranteeing that any canal built to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean across Central America would be jointly controlled, open to all nations, and unfortified.

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Example Sentences

The American people were annoyed to find that it did not abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, but left the United States with something very short of that independent control which they desired.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon

The reader will see that all this is inconsistent with the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, under which the United States had actually undertaken to claim no such exclusive control as was now desired.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon

The first obstacle to such a project lay in the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Great Britain.

From The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power by Fish, Carl Russell

But they agreed with us in the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty that both should build and run the canal.

From A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge by Wister, Owen

By 1860, however, the restorations had been made, and the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty since then has remained the international agreement, defining our relations to Great Britain on the Isthmus.

From The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)