- Treaty of Whitehall
The
Treaty of Whitehall (or the Treaty of American Neutrality [Faragher, pp. 79-81] ) was signed betweenLouis XIV ofFrance and James II ofEngland in November 1686 as an agreement that Continental conflict would not disrupt peace and neutrality inNew France andNew England . It declared that "though the two Countries might be at war in Europe their Colonies in America should continue in peace and Neutrality." [cite web |url=http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/Marit/colo_e.html |title=The Colonial Struggle for Acadia, The Initial Phase: 1686-1713 |accessdate=2007-12-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=April 23, 2004 |work=Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada] The treaty specifically prohibited each nation from fishing or trading in the other's territory, and also forbid each power from aiding Indian tribes who may be at war with the other. [Doyle, [http://books.google.com/books?id=4wYOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA180&dq p. 180] ]The treaty was short lived, however, and was broken following the outbreak of
King William's War in 1689, the first in the series ofFrench and Indian Wars .Citations
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