Along the line of the 49th parallel.
The Treaty of 1818 (1818) and the Treaty of Oregon (1846) put the US-Canadian boundary at the 49th parallel
49 degrees
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 northern boundary of the Oregon territory was settled by a treaty with Britain while Polk was president. He settled for less that the 54-40 he had campaigned for.
Not exactly. He negotiated a treaty with Britain that established the disputed northern boundary of the Oregon Territory, but the territory already existed.
This was the Oregon Treaty which established the boundary between the Oregon Territory and Canada.
Oregon Treaty, (49th Parallel)
The Oregon Treaty set the boundary at the 49th Parallel.
It was an agreement between Great Britain and the US that detailed the boundary between Oregon Country and Canada.
Polk negotiated a treaty with Britain which provided a peaceful settlement to the northern boundary dispute. He compromised his 54-40 or fight slogan, settling for less.
Reference to a 1946 Washington Treaty cannot be found. Perhaps you are referring to the Oregon Treaty, which was signed in Washington, D.C. on June 15, 1846. The Treaty of Oregan ended the boundary dispute concerning the Oregon Country, which had been occupied by Britain and US since the Treaty of 1818.
The northern boundary of Oregon territory was parallel 54° north. At the time, a treaty called for the joint occupation of this territory by both American and British settlers. More and more Americans began to settle there, however, during the 1840s in a bout of "Oregon fever." James K. Polke, the largely unknown presidential candidate and democrat, recognized the potential of reigning in this movement for his purposes. He thus advocated expansion that would encompass California, Texas, and all of Oregon territory, running on a slogan of "fifty-four forty or fight!"