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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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict
territorial dispute
alsoKnownAs Oregon Question
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
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States of America
dateResolved 1846
endTime 1846
followedBy Pig War
San Juan Islands boundary dispute
historicalPeriod Antebellum period in United States history
linked to: Antebellum period

Manifest Destiny era
involvedOrganization British Foreign Office
Hudson's Bay Company
U.S. federal government
location Columbia District
Oregon Country
Pacific Northwest
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
precededBy Anglo-American Convention of 1818
linked to: Convention of 1818

Convention of 1818
joint occupation of Oregon Country
relatedTo American fur trade in the Pacific Northwest
Hudson's Bay Company activities in the Pacific Northwest
Manifest Destiny ideology
Oregon Trail migration
linked to: Oregon Trail

expansion of the United States to the Pacific
resolvedBy Oregon Treaty
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
linked to: Palmerston ministry

James K. Polk administration
treatySignedIn Washington, D.C.
treatySignedOn 15 June 1846
U.S.ClaimedBoundary north to latitude 54°40′ N
U.S.Slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight

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Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company) relatedEvent Oregon boundary dispute
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight usedInContextOf Oregon boundary dispute
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight relatedConflict Oregon boundary dispute
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
British Empire in the Pacific Northwest hasKeyEvent Oregon boundary dispute
California annexation by the United States relatedTo Oregon boundary dispute
Pig War relatedTo Oregon boundary dispute
Pig War precededBy Oregon boundary negotiations
linked to: Oregon boundary dispute
Richard Pakenham participantIn Oregon boundary dispute
Oregon pioneers associatedWithEvent Oregon boundary dispute
Oregon boundary dispute alsoKnownAs Oregon Question
linked to: Oregon boundary dispute