England and America came to the agreement of a boundry line of 49 degrees
49 Parallel
the fourty-ninth parallel
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The Oregon Treaty was signed on 15 June 1846.
The slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight" originated during a dispute between the United States and Great Britain over the Oregon country. Under the terms of a treaty signed in 1818, both nations were permitted to occupy the territory. The territory began at 42° north latitude, the southern boundary of present-day Oregon; it extended north to 54° 40' (54.66°) north latitude, in present-day British Columbia. At the time this was the recognized southern boundary of Russian America (later purchased by the US in 1867 as Alaska). In 1844 James K. Polk (1795-1849) used "Fifty-four forty or fight" to rally supporters in his successful presidential campaign. Two years after Polk took office as president he settled the dispute with Great Britain; the boundary was then set at 49 degrees north, the northern boundary of present-day Washington State and the border between the United States and Canada. *As this issue was settled, the US began its war with Mexico, further extending the concept of Manifest Destiny regarding US territorial claims in North America.
They had to build houses farms harvest crops and tend to livestock just like them men who settled in the Oregon Territory. :)
The fear of war with the U.S. and
Oregon Treaty, (49th Parallel)
dispute
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The dispute over the northern boundary of the U.S. claim to the Oregon Territory was was settled in the Treaty of Oregon of 1846, during the presidency of James K. Polk. The treaty established the boundary between British Canada and the U.S. at 49-degrees latitude. -- Contributed by Ray Kovach, Chicago, IL
The dispute over where the Oregon boundary was located was between the United States and Great Britain. They were in disagreement on where the boarder between Oregon and Canada should be drawn.
Polk's Secretary of State, James Buchanan negotiated a treaty with Great Britain that provided a peaceful solution to the Oregon boundary dispute. They settled for less than the 54th parallel boundary Polk had campaigned for .
when the Oregon treaty was signed.
James K. Polk and his Secretary of State, James Buchanan , settled the Oregon boundary dispute with a treaty and thus avoided war. Polk won the presidency with the slogan : 44-forty or fight which referred to a proposed upper boundary for Oregon, but settled to something less .
The U.S. President who based his campaign slogan on the Oregon boundary dispute with Britain was James K. Polk. His campaign slogan was "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!", which referred to the latitude line of 54°40' north as the desired northern boundary of the Oregon Territory, extending all the way to the southernmost tip of Alaska.
The Oregon Treaty was signed on 15 June 1846.
Between Great Britain and the USA
Great Britain