1. Explain the discussion in the James Polk Administration over the Oregon Country
President James K. Polk’s foreign policy encompassed the westward territory and was determined to sweep across the continent and take full domain of the rich environment of California and the Oregon Territory. While running for President, Polk promised to finalize the Oregon Territory dispute between the United States and Great Britain, and quickly after being elected, he promoted the 1844 campaign with a catchy and significant slogan, “54, 40’ or Fight”.
The Polk Administration was consumed with many issues, both foreign and domestic. Assuming the presidency from President Tyler, Polk was occupied with the Annexation of Texas, Mexico’s talks of selling California to Great Britain, and the boundary disputes of the Oregon Territory. His administration was highly concerned over a war with Great …show more content…
What did the Oregon Treaty include?
The Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the Settlement of the Oregon Boundary, commonly known as The Oregon Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, brought legal clarity and an end to boundary disputes, over a jointly settled and inhabited area. This new treaty would revoke the Treaties of 1818/1827, and appoint American and British borders, set at the 49th parallel and west of the Rocky Mountains.
The United States would have the American Secretary of State, James Buchanan negotiate with Richard Pakenham, signing the treaty in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 1846. The Oregon Treaty would be define more than just the 49th parallel divide (as far as the Straight of Georgia), but include borders in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It opened and feed the navigational channels and straits to both America and Great Britain, allowed branches of the Hudson’s Bay Company (to include Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company), to maintain their holdings and property rights above the Columbia River and below the 49th
President James K. Polk’s foreign policy encompassed the westward territory and was determined to sweep across the continent and take full domain of the rich environment of California and the Oregon Territory. While running for President, Polk promised to finalize the Oregon Territory dispute between the United States and Great Britain, and quickly after being elected, he promoted the 1844 campaign with a catchy and significant slogan, “54, 40’ or Fight”.
The Polk Administration was consumed with many issues, both foreign and domestic. Assuming the presidency from President Tyler, Polk was occupied with the Annexation of Texas, Mexico’s talks of selling California to Great Britain, and the boundary disputes of the Oregon Territory. His administration was highly concerned over a war with Great …show more content…
What did the Oregon Treaty include?
The Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the Settlement of the Oregon Boundary, commonly known as The Oregon Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, brought legal clarity and an end to boundary disputes, over a jointly settled and inhabited area. This new treaty would revoke the Treaties of 1818/1827, and appoint American and British borders, set at the 49th parallel and west of the Rocky Mountains.
The United States would have the American Secretary of State, James Buchanan negotiate with Richard Pakenham, signing the treaty in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 1846. The Oregon Treaty would be define more than just the 49th parallel divide (as far as the Straight of Georgia), but include borders in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It opened and feed the navigational channels and straits to both America and Great Britain, allowed branches of the Hudson’s Bay Company (to include Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company), to maintain their holdings and property rights above the Columbia River and below the 49th