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Contemporary History

Oregon Boundary Dispute in 1845

How should the United States respond to British naval buildup near the Oregon Country? Explore this historical simulation.

Level: High School, Higher Education

Copy of W.H. Jackson’s painting of the first wagon train over Oregon Trail from April 1830. H. H. Ritter

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Additional Resources

Inaugural Address of President James K. Polk (March 4, 1845)Yale Law School
"British Occupation of Oregon," Article in the Yazoo Democrat (December 24, 1844)Library of Congress
Letter from U.S. Secretary of State James Buchanan to British Diplomat Richard Pakenham (August 30, 1845)U.S. Department of State