Oregon boundary dispute

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The Oregon boundary dispute was a 19th-century territorial conflict between the United States and Great Britain over control of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, ultimately resolved by the Oregon Treaty of 1846.

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Oregon boundary dispute canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict
territorial dispute
alsoKnownAs Oregon Question NERFINISHED
BritishClaimedBoundary Columbia River as boundary
compromiseBoundary 49th parallel north to the Strait of Georgia
Thalweg of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and related channels NERFINISHED
countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
dateResolved 1846
endTime 1846
followedBy Pig War NERFINISHED
San Juan Islands boundary dispute
historicalPeriod Antebellum period in United States history NERFINISHED
Manifest Destiny era NERFINISHED
involvedOrganization British Foreign Office NERFINISHED
Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED
U.S. federal government NERFINISHED
location Columbia District NERFINISHED
Oregon Country NERFINISHED
Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED
Pacific coast of North America
parts of present-day Montana
parts of present-day Wyoming
present-day British Columbia
present-day Idaho
present-day Oregon
present-day Washington (state)
mainIssue location of the boundary between U.S. and British North America in the Pacific Northwest
sovereignty over Oregon Country
otherParty British Empire NERFINISHED
precededBy Anglo-American Convention of 1818 NERFINISHED
Convention of 1818 NERFINISHED
joint occupation of Oregon Country
relatedTo American fur trade in the Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED
Hudson's Bay Company activities in the Pacific Northwest
Manifest Destiny ideology NERFINISHED
Oregon Trail migration NERFINISHED
expansion of the United States to the Pacific
resolvedBy Oregon Treaty NERFINISHED
result British retention of Vancouver Island
U.S. acquisition of present-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho south of 49th parallel
division of Oregon Country between the United States and Great Britain
establishment of the 49th parallel as boundary to the Pacific
startTime 1818
treatySignedBy British government of Lord Aberdeen NERFINISHED
James K. Polk administration NERFINISHED
treatySignedIn Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
treatySignedOn 15 June 1846
U.S.ClaimedBoundary north to latitude 54°40′ N
U.S.Slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight NERFINISHED

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Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company) relatedEvent Oregon boundary dispute
subject surface form: Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company)
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" usedInContextOf Oregon boundary dispute
subject surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" relatedConflict Oregon boundary dispute
subject surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight