Great Britain and the United States both wanted the northwest area that is now Oregon and Washington state. President Polk told Great Britain "54'40" or Fight." There was no fight, there was a compromise.
Captain Charles Fremantle was the one who was sent to take formal possession of the western half of the continent, which had not already been claimed for Britain under the territory of New South Wales. On 2 May 1829, Captain Fremantle raised the Union Jack on the south head of the Swan River, thus claiming the territory for Britain.
First the Portuguese, then the Dutch, the Great Britain.
In 1801, the parliaments of Britain and Ireland merged and their title became 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'.
France ,Europe and England
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Great Britain and the United States both wanted the northwest area that is now Oregon and Washington state. President Polk told Great Britain "54'40" or Fight." There was no fight, there was a compromise.
James Cook claimed Australia for Great Britain.
Captain Charles Fremantle was the one who was sent to take formal possession of the western half of the continent, which had not already been claimed for Britain under the territory of New South Wales. On 2 May 1829, Captain Fremantle raised the Union Jack on the south head of the Swan River, thus claiming the territory for Britain.
Captain Charles Fremantle officially claimed New Holland (now Western Australia) for Great Britain on 2 May 1829. The colony did not become known as Western Australia until a month later, on 8 June.
The British Isles, more commonly known as Great Britain, can be found in western Europe.
I think that it was claimed by both the French and the English ( Great Britain).
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Great britian and France
The United States, Great Britain, Spain, and Russia claimed the Oregon territory, in other words, the Oregon Country.
France and later Great Britain
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