MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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The United States seized the land with military force
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The United States and Britain agreed to divide the land
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The United States bought the territory from Britain
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Britain bought the territory from the United States
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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: -This area was called the Oregon Territory by the Americans and the Columbia region by the British. The Convention of 1818 resolved some territorial disputes stemming from the War of 1812 and earlier, and resulted in an agreement for both nations to jointly occupy and administer the territory for a period of 10 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Oregon Treaty set the border between the U.S. and British North America at the 49th parallel with the exception of Vancouver Island, which was retained in its entirety by the British.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the summer of 1845 the Polk administration offered a compromise, renewing the initial U.S. proposal to divide Oregon along the forty-ninth parallel, placing Puget Sound under U.S. control. The British rejected this offer, however, and Polk ceased negotiations.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.