The United States and Great Brittain
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The goal was to divide Oregon Territory and create a new territory north of the Columbia River.
Secretary of State James Buchanan negotiated the treaty that set the boundary of the Oregon territory.
In the mid-1800s, both the United States and the United Kingdom sought to take control of where is now the Oregon area. Eventually, a compromise was made between the two nations, leading to the Oregon Treaty, which laid out the boundary between the United States and present-day Canada.
American settlers began to settle in the area threatening British hold on the territory.
Manifest Destiny (the expansion fervor of the US in the 1840s) was a large political issue that was not supported by the popular and Whig Henry Clay, leading to the underdog, James K. Polk to win the election.
The United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia claimed the Oregon territory, in other words, the Oregon Country.
The United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia claimed the Oregon territory, in other words, the Oregon Country.
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Britian, Russia, Spain and the United States all had competing claims to Oregon.
Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States all claimed Oregon Country (Oregon territory). Spain and Russia eventually dropped out, then the UK and US decided to split the territory in half along the 49th parallel, which today makes up some of the border of the US and Canada.
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The address of the Museum Of Oregon Territory is: 211 Tumwater Dr, Oregon City, OR 97045
The web address of the Museum Of Oregon Territory is: http://www.clackamashistory.org
Britain, Spain, Russia, and the United States were the ones who claimed Oregon.
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The phone number of the Museum Of Oregon Territory is: 503-655-5574.
The Oregon Territory was split between the United States and Britain.