Colonial Treaties

3 treaties classed as colonial in the database, signed 1840 to 1890, listed by date.

Treaty of Waitangi

1840
ColonialOceania

New Zealand founding document, Maori ceded governorship, retained chieftainship over lands and treasures, granted British subject...

General Act of the Berlin Conference

1885
ColonialAfrica

Bismarck chaired the conference that set the rules of the Scramble for Africa: free navigation on the Congo and Niger, free trade...

Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty

1890
ColonialAfrica

The bargain that traded the North Sea island of Heligoland, needed by Germany for its Kiel canal defenses, for German withdrawal...