Timeline Wednesday 20 March 1833

Events on Wednesday 20 March 1833 1

• 1833 Roberts Treaty signed between the United States and Siam First American treaty with an Asian nation establishes trade ties Edmund Roberts signed a treaty of amity and commerce with the Kingdom of Siam at Bangkok on 20 March 1833. It was the first treaty the United States concluded with an Asian country, opening Siamese ports to American trade. The agreement expanded American commercial interests in Southeast Asia.