The boundary between the Maine and Canada was defined.
The boundary between the Maine and Canada was defined.
The British cession of 1842 was a result of the Aroostook war which ended in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
The boundary between the Maine and Canada was defined.
Webster-ashburton treaty. This was a compromise that settled boarder disputes with us and the british
It was resolved by the Webster-Ashburton treaty negotiated by Daniel Webster for the US and Privy Counsellor Alexander Baring for the UK.
Ashburton House was created in 1842.
The Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1842. Note it was signed by the United Kingdom on behalf of the British North American colonies, not Great Britain. The Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817 between Britain and the US stopped the maintenance of armed fleets on the Great Lakes. It is still in effect today.
Maine became a state on March 15, 1820. But the final border was not established until August 9, 1842 as part of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. The territory was US possession at the conclusion of the revolutionary war, but was ambiguous in its exact borders and was fought over again during the War of 1812.
The British cession deals with the Treaty of 1818. The treaty was signed between Britain and the United States. Because of the treaty, Britain ceded, or gave, Rupert's Land as well as the land west to the Rocky Mountains to the United States. Rupert's Land was a territory that contained the Hudson Bay Drainage Basin, and other land that is now part of Canada.
The treaty of Nanking was signed in 1842 and ended the First opium war between China and Britain and its results included the destruction of the Chinese navy.
The treaty of Nanking was signed in 1842 and ended the First opium war between China and Britain and its results included the destruction of the Chinese navy.