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What was the Burlingame Treaty? What did it do for Americans and Chinese? *

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Since the Opium War (1839-42), the Burlingame Treaty was the first international agreement signed that dealt with Chinese on equal terms and secured Chinese rights to free immigration and travel within the United States and the most favored role of the nation in trade.

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