CSPAN3 Lectures July 3, 2024
1818, Great Britain and the United States agreed to a joint occupancy of the oregon country that occupancy would last for the next three decades. By 1846, the two nations would sign a treaty that established the borders as know them today. And so in class, lets walk through those three decades of history, talk about the different interests that the two nations had in the regions. Youll see the differences in approaches to colonization on the part of Great Britain and the united all building up to the resolution of the oregon boundary. All right. Lets step back a little bit and lets begin with ...