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• Oregon boundary dispute — The Oregon Country/Columbia District stretched from 42N to 54 40 N.The most heavily disputed portion is highlighted The Oregon boundary dispute, or the Oregon Question, arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Pacific… …   Wikipedia

• Canada – United States border — The Canada – United States border is the international border between Canada and the United States. Officially known as the International Boundary, it is the longest common border in the world, and is unmilitarized. The terrestrial boundary… …   Wikipedia

• The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Alaskan Boundary Dispute — (1896–1903)    A Canadian American dispute arising from the discovery of gold in the Klondike region in August 1896. The Canadian government unearthed the Anglo Russian treaty of 1825, upon which the Russian American Treaty of 1867 was based, to… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Alaska purchase — The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward s Folly or Seward s Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. The territory purchased was 586,412 square miles… …   Wikipedia