Introduction and Overview. The Treaty of Ghent was a peace treaty ending the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. It was signed on Christmas Eve, 1814, in the city of Ghent, which is located in what is now Belgium. The Treaty of Ghent ended hostilities between Great Britain and the U.S. and restored boundaries to what they had been before the outbreak of war. John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and others made up the U.S. delegation.