USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Marked the Maine-Canada border as a compromise between the two countries’ claims. Settled the Lake Superior / Lake of the Woods border. Renewed the 49th parallel as the border roughly between the Lake of the Woods and the Rocky Mountains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Webster and Ashburton agreed on a division of disputed territory, giving 7, 015 square miles to the United States and 5, 012 to Great Britain; agreed on the boundary line through the Great Lakes to the Lake of the Woods; and agreed on provisions for open navigation in several bodies of water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Webster Ashburton Treaty. This treaty, negotiated by Daniel Webster, the American Secretary of State, and Lord Ashburton resolved the border dispute between the United States and Canada. Canada received 5, 000 square miles; and the United States received 7, 000. The dispute was primarily on the border of Maine.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1842, Britain and the US signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty to settle the disputed borders between New Brunswick and Maine and in the Great Lakes area.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842 established the final boundary between the countries, giving most of the disputed area to Maine while preserving an overland connection between Lower Canada and the Maritime colonies.