Oregon Treaty of 1846

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The Oregon Treaty of 1846 was an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that peacefully settled their competing claims in the Pacific Northwest by establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary west of the Rocky Mountains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
boundary treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
addressesIssue joint occupation of the Oregon Country ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Oregon Boundary Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1846) ⓘ
appliesToRegion Oregon Country ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
avoids armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain over the Oregon Country ⓘ
category Canada–United States border ⓘ
Treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Treaties of the United States ⓘ
United States expansionism ⓘ
containsClauseOn navigation of the Columbia River ⓘ
property rights of British subjects ⓘ
property rights of the Hudson’s Bay Company ⓘ
dateSigned 1846-06-15 ⓘ
definesBoundaryBetween British Columbia and the United States ⓘ
British North America and the United States in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Country

Canada and the United States in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
definesBoundaryWestOf Rocky Mountains ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1846 ⓘ
establishesBoundary 49th parallel north ⓘ
historicalContext Anglo-American relations in the mid-19th century ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor border between British Columbia and Idaho ⓘ
border between British Columbia and Montana ⓘ
border between British Columbia and Washington State ⓘ
modern Canada–United States border in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
locationSigned Washington, D.C. ⓘ
negotiatingState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
precedesEvent creation of the Oregon Territory (United States) ⓘ
establishment of the British colony of British Columbia ⓘ
establishment of the Washington Territory ⓘ
primaryBritishNegotiator Richard Pakenham ⓘ
primaryUSNegotiator James Buchanan ⓘ
provides for continuation of British navigation rights on the Columbia River for a limited time ⓘ
for protection of property rights of British subjects south of the new boundary ⓘ
for protection of property rights of the Hudson’s Bay Company ⓘ
relatedToSlogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight ⓘ
resolves Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
signedUnderUSPresident James K. Polk ⓘ
subject Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
supersedes Convention of 1818 (regarding joint occupation of Oregon Country) ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1818
yearSigned 1846 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oregon Country → disputeSettledBy → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Canada–United States border → historicalTreaty → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Convention of 1818 → followedBy → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Convention of 1818 → involves → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Oregon Treaty of 1846 → alsoKnownAs → Oregon Boundary Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Oregon Treaty of 1846 → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Washington (1846) ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Anglo-American wars → notableEvent → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company) → relatedTreaty → Oregon Treaty of 1846 ⓘ
Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company) → declinedAfter → Oregon Treaty of 1846 ⓘ
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight → historicalOutcomeRelatedTo → Oregon Treaty of 1846 ⓘ
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
British Empire in the Pacific Northwest → usedLegalInstrument → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Columbia District → borderDefinedBy → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Pig War → relatedToTreaty → Oregon Treaty of 1846 ⓘ
Provisional Government of Oregon → relatedEvent → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846
Oregon boundary dispute → resolvedBy → Oregon Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Treaty of 1846