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June 16 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. June 20 – The first officially recorded baseball game using modern rules developed by Alexander Cartwright is played in Hoboken, New Jersey .
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. [1] The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
The Oregon Country/Columbia District stretched from 42°N to 54°40′N. The most heavily disputed portion is highlighted. The Oregon boundary dispute or the Oregon Question was a 19th-century territorial dispute over the political division of the Pacific Northwest of North America between several nations that had competing territorial and commercial aspirations in the region.
[7] His scouts killed two Klamath warriors on 11 May 1846, but Frémont considered that inadequate. On 12 May 1846, Frémont's assistant Kit Carson led an assault on a Klamath village named Dokdokwas on the shores of Klamath Lake. The assailants destroyed the village and killed at least 14 villagers without taking a single casualty themselves.
The United States (US) declared war against Mexico on May 13, 1846. Military action in California began with the Bear Flag Revolt on June 15, 1846. On July 7, 1846, US forces took possession of Monterey, the capital of California, and terminated the authority and jurisdiction of Mexican officials that day. [57]
The United States recognized the Republic of Texas in March 1837 but declined to annex the territory at that time. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Texas was annexed by the United States on December 29, 1845, [ 8 ] and was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on that day, with the transfer of power from the Republic to the new state of Texas formally taking ...
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Frémont and his band continued up the Sacramento River, killing Native Americans on sight as they went. [16] [17] The Klamath people they encountered further north in Oregon Territory eventually retaliated and killed three members of Frémont's party on the night of 9 May 1846, leading to the Klamath Lake massacre three days later.