MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Both territories were opposed by many Americans who saw them as a greedy grab for land.
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Both territories had to be taken through agreements between the United States and Mexico.
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The Oregon Territory was settled with a compromise, while the United States went to war over California.
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The Oregon Territory was a small piece of land, while California included Washington and Idaho.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was jointly settled by Britain and the U.S. in an effort at compromise, but the U.S. negotiated for all the territory south of the 49th parallel, giving up a small parcel of land in modern-day Montana to the British in exchange.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The agreement extended the border along the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean but kept Vancouver Island within British North America. It was also agreed that British subjects living in the Oregon Territory south of the 49th parallel would retain navigation rights on the Columbia River.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -It established the British-American boundary at the 49th parallel (except Vancouver Island). With the end of joint occupancy, the region south of the 49th parallel became Oregon Territory in the United States while the northern portion became part of the British colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.