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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”

“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”. By David Schau. Oregon Territory. Boundary set in 1818 Joint control Shared between Britain and USA 42 Parrellel was the Mexican Border Worked for over 20 years 49 th Parallel Britain kept control of Vancouver Island. James K. Polk.

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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”

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  1. “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” By David Schau

  2. Oregon Territory • Boundary set in 1818 • Joint control • Shared between Britain and USA • 42 Parrellel was the Mexican Border • Worked for over 20 years • 49th Parallel • Britain kept control of Vancouver Island

  3. James K. Polk • 1844 Presidential Election • Henry Clay vs. James K. Polk • “Fifty-Four Forty Or Fight!” • Manifest Destiny President • Completed sea to shining sea by the Oregon Treaty

  4. Oregon Treaty of 1846 • Britain kept control of Vancouver Island, because of the established fort on the island. • The San Juan Islands possession was unclear. • U.S.A made a claim of the islands in 1953

  5. The Pig War • American farmer shot a trespassing Pig • Arrest • Military Presence • Britain retaliation • President James Buchanan was at this point made aware and reduced the total military presence • America’s Civil War • Ended up in our possesion • "It would be a shocking event if...two nations should be precipitated into a war respecting the possession of a small island..." --From the instructions to General Winfield Scott, September 16,1859

  6. Territory Claims Present Day Canada Disputed Land Area U.S Territories Mexico Territory Land That Britain Wanted

  7. What Could Have Been

  8. Works Cited • James Buchanan [Biography]. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2009, from White House Web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesbuchanan/ • Rosenberg, M. (1997). The Development of the Boundry Between the U.S and Canada.      In Fifty-Four Forty or Fight! (political geography). Retrieved May 22,      2009, from About.com Web site: http://geography.about.com/od/ politicalgeography/a/5440orfight.htm • General Winfield Scott, September 16,1859

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