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United Kingdom–United States relations
- Cotton diplomacyBy the late 1850s, Southern cotton accounted for 77 percent of the 800 million pounds consumed in Britain. It made up 90 percent of the 192 million pounds…
- Europe firstThe United States and the United Kingdom met in Washington during December 1941 to formalize a grand strategy that would define their war effort.
- G20The year was 1997 when the first tremor of a global financial crisis struck Mexico. The peso collapsed, sending shockwaves through emerging markets across…
- Blockade runners of the American Civil WarOn the 12th of April 1861, the American Civil War erupted with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter. The newly formed Confederate States of America…
- Washington Naval TreatyIn November 1918, the British Royal Navy interned the defeated German High Seas Fleet. The Allied powers held sharply differing views on what to do with…
- Trent AffairIn the early 1840s, a boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain over Oregon nearly sparked war. British leaders in London grew…
- G8A 1975 summit hosted by France brought together representatives of six governments: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- G7On the 25th of March 1973, United States secretary of the treasury George Shultz convened an informal gathering in a library on the ground floor of the White…
- Atlantic CharterOn the 9th of August 1941, the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales steamed into Placentia Bay. Winston Churchill stood on its deck as it met the American…
- Lend-LeaseThe 1930s began with one of the world's greatest economic depressions. The later recession of 1937, 1938 was also one of the worst of the 20th century.
- British InvasionIn the late 1950s, American rock and blues musicians became popular with British youth. This rebellious tone and image sparked a cultural shift across the…