Sunday, August 18, 2013

How was the issue of the ownership of the Oregon Territory settled?

Regarding the settlement of the issue of the ownership of
the Oregon Territory, this territory was jointly owned by the United States and Great
Britain for some time.  As the years went by, there came to be more conflict between the
two countries as to how much of the territory would belong to each country.  This
conflict led to demands among some Americans for "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight."  This was
a demand that all of the Oregon Territory up to the Fifty-Four Forty line should be
American territory.


Eventually, the issue was settled
peacefully.  The US took the territory up to the 49th parallel, where the border between
the US and Canada is today.  As the almanac link below
says,



After
lengthy though peaceful negotiations with the British, the United States obtained on
June 10, 1846, all the territory south of the 49th parallel (the line of latitude that
now defines the United States's northern border with
Canada).


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