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  2. Webster–Ashburton Treaty - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842, the United States ceded 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2) of disputed territory to the British / Canadians along the American-claimed northern Maine border, including the Halifax–Quebec Route, but kept 7,000 square miles (18,000 km 2) of the disputed wilderness. [12]

  3. Treaty of 1818 - Wikipedia

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    The treaty marked both the United Kingdom's last permanent major loss of territory in what is now the Continental United States and the United States' first permanent significant cession of North American territory to a foreign power, the second being the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842. The British ceded all of Rupert's Land south of the ...

  4. South Australia Act 1842 - Wikipedia

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    The Act also cleared the South Australian government of an earlier £155,000 loan from general funds of the British government. [ 3 ] Its chapter number is 5 & 6 Vict. c. 61, [ 3 ] meaning the 61st act that was passed in the reign of Queen Victoria , that started in the fifth year of her reign and finished in the sixth.

  5. State cessions - Wikipedia

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    The cession of these lands, which for the most part lay between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, was key to establishing a harmonious union among the former British colonies. The areas ceded comprise 236,825,600 acres (370,040.0 sq mi; 958,399 km 2 ), or 10.4 percent of current United States territory , and make up all or ...

  6. Oregon Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Oregon Treaty [a] was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country; the area had been jointly occupied by both Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818.

  7. Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory - Wikipedia

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    Britain acquired Hong Kong Island in 1842, Kowloon Peninsula in 1860, and leased the New Territories rent-free [1] in 1898.. The Convention between the United Kingdom and China, Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory, [2] commonly known as the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory or the Second Convention of Peking, was a lease and unequal treaty signed between Qing China ...

  8. Foreign concessions in China - Wikipedia

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    These included the First Opium War (1839–1842), Second Opium War (1856–1860), Sino-French War (1884–1885), First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), and Russian invasion of Manchuria (1900). [18] The Eight Nation Alliance 's suppression of the Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) would lead to participants being rewarded with concessions taken from ...

  9. Treaty of Nanking - Wikipedia

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    HMS Cornwallis and the British squadron in Nanjing, saluting the conclusion of the treaty. The treaty was sealed by interpreter John Robert Morrison for the British and Wang Tajin for the Chinese. Harry Parkes, who was a student of Chinese under Morrison, gave his account of the ceremony: There were four copies of the Treaty signed and sealed.