JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land
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Mexico sold the territory to the United States for $10 million
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the territory’s settlers voted for annexation by the United States
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Russia sold the land to the United States for $7.2 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Oregon on June 15, 1846, ending 28 years of joint occupancy of the Pacific Northwest . The treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the two countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 14, 1848 the United States congress approved the formation of the Oregon Territory. At the time the Oregon Territory included all of the present day states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming. Its capital city was located in Oregon City, not far from Portland.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Oregon Territory, 1846 Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory. In 1819, under terms of the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain ceded its claims to the territory to the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -British leaders were similarly adverse to conflict and did not want to jeopardize their important economic relationship with the United States. In June 1846, the Senate, preoccupied with war against Mexico, quickly approved the Oregon Treaty with Britain, setting the boundary at the 49th parallel.