Oregon boundary dispute

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The Oregon boundary dispute was a 19th-century territorial conflict between the United States and Great Britain over control of the Pacific Northwest region of North America, ultimately resolved by the Oregon Treaty of 1846.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Oregon Question ⓘ
BritishClaimedBoundary Columbia River as boundary ⓘ
compromiseBoundary 49th parallel north to the Strait of Georgia ⓘ
Thalweg of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and related channels ⓘ
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateResolved 1846 ⓘ
endTime 1846 ⓘ
followedBy Pig War ⓘ
San Juan Islands boundary dispute ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum period in United States history ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period

Manifest Destiny era ⓘ
involvedOrganization British Foreign Office ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
U.S. federal government ⓘ
location Columbia District ⓘ
Oregon Country ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
parts of present-day Montana ⓘ
parts of present-day Wyoming ⓘ
present-day British Columbia ⓘ
present-day Idaho ⓘ
present-day Oregon ⓘ
present-day Washington (state) ⓘ
mainIssue location of the boundary between U.S. and British North America in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
sovereignty over Oregon Country ⓘ
otherParty British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Anglo-American Convention of 1818 ⓘ
linked to: Convention of 1818

Convention of 1818 ⓘ
joint occupation of Oregon Country ⓘ
relatedTo American fur trade in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company activities in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Manifest Destiny ideology ⓘ
Oregon Trail migration ⓘ
linked to: Oregon Trail

expansion of the United States to the Pacific ⓘ
resolvedBy Oregon Treaty ⓘ
result British retention of Vancouver Island ⓘ
U.S. acquisition of present-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho south of 49th parallel ⓘ
division of Oregon Country between the United States and Great Britain ⓘ
establishment of the 49th parallel as boundary to the Pacific ⓘ
startTime 1818 ⓘ
treatySignedBy British government of Lord Aberdeen ⓘ
linked to: Palmerston ministry

James K. Polk administration ⓘ
treatySignedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
treatySignedOn 15 June 1846 ⓘ
U.S.ClaimedBoundary north to latitude 54°40′ N ⓘ
U.S.Slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight ⓘ

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

Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company) → relatedEvent → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight → usedInContextOf → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight → relatedConflict → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
subject linked to: "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"
British Empire in the Pacific Northwest → hasKeyEvent → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
California annexation by the United States → relatedTo → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
Pig War → relatedTo → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
Pig War → precededBy → Oregon boundary negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Oregon boundary dispute
Richard Pakenham → participantIn → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
Oregon pioneers → associatedWithEvent → Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
Oregon boundary dispute → alsoKnownAs → Oregon Question ⓘ
linked to: Oregon boundary dispute