Multiple choice

The era of law making treaties began with:

  1. Treaty of Vienna

  2. Treaty of Versailles

  3. Kellogg Briard Act

  4. Treaty of Westphalia
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Explanation

The Peace of Westphalia (1648) marked the beginning of the modern system of sovereign states and treaty-based international law. It established principles of state sovereignty and territorial integrity that became foundational to international law. The Vienna Congress (1815) came much later, while the Treaty of Versailles (1919) and Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) are 20th century developments.

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