USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled these controversies. The treaty awarded the United States seven-twelfths of the disputed territory in Maine and New Brunswick, and adjusted the Canadian-United States boundary between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Webster–Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, was a treaty that resolved several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies (the region that became Canada).

Detailed explanation-4: -The precise boundary line between Maine and New Brunswick remained a matter of often-heated argument for years after the close of the Revolutionary War. The dispute festered and smoldered until 1839, when it threatened to erupt into open warfare.

Detailed explanation-5: -Whatever the wishes of the inhabitants, the boundary dispute was settled through diplomacy and arbitration. The matter was resolved in 1842 when Lord Ashburton of Great Britain and Daniel Webster of the United States negotiated a treaty (known as the Webster-Ashburton Treaty) that established the St. John and St.