US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions
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=== Oregon Treaty, 1848 === | |||
* the Treaty of 1818 set joint British-American control of "Oregon Country for ten years with guaranteed free navigation | |||
** after Mexican-American War, President Polk wanted to: | |||
*** 1) consolidate US territories & 2) avoid a war with Britain over the northwest | |||
** with larger American settlement, it was in the interest of the British to cede the territory and settle a permanent border | |||
*** the Treaty ceded a portion of Vancouver that lies below the 49th parallel | |||
**** a portion of a peninsula, today called Point Roberts, remained as US territory, even though it is disconnected from the US (exclave) | |||
**** there remained in dispute control of several islands , which resulted in the 1859 "Pig War" over their control | |||
**** it was named for an incident over a pig that sparked the conflict | |||
=== Mexican-American War === | === Mexican-American War === | ||