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Oregon Country was the American name, while the British used Columbia District for the region. [1] British and French Canadian fur traders had entered Oregon Country prior to 1810 before the arrival of American settlers from the mid-1830s onwards, which led to the foundation of the Provisional Government of Oregon.
Oregon Country, 1818-1846 Anglo-American Convention of 1818; Provisional Government of Oregon (extralegal), 1843-1849; Oregon Treaty of 1846; Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Washington: Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846-1848; Territory of Oregon, 1848-1859; Territory of ...
Signed on June 15, 1846, the Oregon Treaty ended the dispute between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, by dividing the Oregon Country at the 49th parallel. [7] This extended U.S. sovereignty over the region, but effective control would not occur until government officials arrived from the United States.
The Peoria Party (/ p i ˈ ɔːr i ə / pee-OR-ee-ə) was a group of men from Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois, who set out about May 1, 1839, with the intention to colonize the Oregon Country on behalf of the United States and to drive out the English fur-trading companies operating there.
The term "Oregon" may refer to: Oregon Country (1818-1846), a large region in the Pacific Northwest and western North America explored, settled and temporarily jointly occupied by both Americans and the British (and generally known to Canadians as the Columbia District, prior to the formation of the Colony of British Columbia later becoming a ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Organic Act in 1848 An enlargeable map of the United States after Oregon Statehood in 1859 An ...
The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...
Articles relating to the Oregon Country in its guise as the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia District, or to British exploration and claims and other activities, may also be included, as the Columbia District and Oregon Country were more or less the same in area. Therefore, locations, events and people in British Columbia will be listed as well ...