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Treaty of Washington; Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Amicable Settlement of all Causes of Difference Between the Two Countries ("Alabama" Claims; Fisheries; Claims of Corporations, Companies or Private Individuals; Navigation of Rivers and Lakes; San Juan Water Boundary; and Rules Defining Duties of a Neutral Government during War).
Agitation in favor of self-government developed in the regions of the Oregon Territory north of the Columbia River in 1851–1852. [3] A group of prominent settlers from the Cowlitz and Puget Sound regions met on November 25, 1852, at the "Monticello Convention" in present-day Longview, to draft a petition to the United States Congress calling for a separate territory north of the Columbia River.
The official History of the Washington State Legislature states "As had been the case in 1882, in Thurston County, Democrats and anti-administration Republicans joined to form the People’s Party". [13] However a Washington local newspaper in 1865 listed the People's Party as one of the main competing parties in an election. [17]
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 Washington, 1853-1889 [1] State of Washington since 1889 [2]
Treaty of Washington (1855), between the U.S. and Ojibwa; The Treaty of Washington (1871), a general agreement between the United States and the British Empire; The International Meridian Conference of 1884 in Washington DC, establishing the Greenwich Meridian, the world time zone system and the universal day as international standards; The ...
1833 – Siamese–American Treaty of Amity and Commerce – a commercial treaty between the Kingdom of Siam and the United States, first treaty with an East Asian nation; 1833 – Treaty with Muscat [19] 1835 – Treaty of New Echota – between U.S. government officials and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty ...
Under the agreement, selected Beavers and Cougars athletic teams, most notably the basketball squads, will compete in the WCC as affiliate members. Sources: Oregon State, Washington State working ...
The Constitution of the State of Washington is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. State of Washington. The constitution was adopted as part of Washington Territory's path to statehood in 1889. An earlier constitution was drafted and ratified in 1878, but it was never officially adopted.