This date in 1842, The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, - TopicsExpress



          

This date in 1842, The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, resolving several border issues between the United States & the British North American colonies & establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. It resolved the Aroostook War, a nonviolent dispute over the location of the Maine–New Brunswick border. It established the border between Lake Superior & the Lake of the Woods, originally defined in the Treaty of Paris (1783), reaffirmed the location of the border (at the 49th parallel) in the westward frontier up to the Rocky Mountains defined in the Treaty of 1818, defined seven crimes subject to extradition, called for a final end to the slave trade on the high seas, & agreed to shared use of the Great Lakes. The treaty was signed by U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster & British diplomat Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:38:45 +0000

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