Great Britain and the United States shared the territory from 1818 til 1846 when it was divided between the US and Great Britain. The United States obtained land for Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Countries that claimed land in Oregon Country where Russia, Spain, Britain, and America. Spain dropped out when the treaty was signed when Spain gave Florida to the US. Russia also dropped out later. Britain and America then decided to split the Oregon Country in half along the 49th parallel (part of the border of the US and Canada today).
The Oregon Country was acquired in 1846
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The U.S. signed a treaty with England to acquire this land ... (OBAMA (09) Q to P muahaha) What was the name of the treaty?
Washington, Oregon, Idaho
In 1846 Britain agreed for the US to take control of the territory
From Spain
The US did not acquire the Philippines. Philippines is a country in it's own right.
From which country did the United States acquire California
1859
President Polk sent troops to Mexico to seize the Oregon Territory, which began the Mexican War that the U.S. ultimately won to acquire Oregon.
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The Louisiana Purchase was the basis of the US claim and England's claim was based on the voyage of James Cook in search of the Northwest Passage and the activities of the Hudson Bay Company in the Oregon Country. The Treaty of 1818 provided for joint occupation and settlement as well as other issues. Instead of Fifty-four Forty or Fight the two nations settled their dispute with the 1846 Oregon Treaty.