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The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in ... which established the Territory of Oregon and banned ...
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, [1] until February 14, ... In 1850, 10 years ...
Clayton compromise was a bill the committee reported on July 18, 1848. It created a territorial government for Oregon, which allowed the unofficial provisional government's antislavery ban to continue in effect until the new territorial legislature ruled for or against slavery.
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.
Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848; Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859 Oregon Organic Act, August 14, 1848 [1] Northern portion of Oregon Territory incorporated in new Washington Territory, March 2, 1853; State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850; State of Oregon since 1859 Oregon Statehood Act, February 14, 1859 [2 ...
In 1848, the U.S. portion of the Oregon Country was formally organized as the Oregon Territory. In 1849, Vancouver Island became a British Crown colony—the Colony of Vancouver Island—with the mainland being organized into the Colony of British Columbia in 1858. Shortly after the establishment of Oregon Territory, there was an effort to ...
March 7, 1850: Senator Daniel Webster gave his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorsed the Compromise of 1850 to prevent a possible civil war; May 22, 1850: Senate votes 42-11 in favor of ratifying the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty after the motion to do so was put forth by William R. King of Alabama. [7]
The Oregon Bill of 1848, officially titled when approved, "An Act to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon," [1] was an act of Congress to turn Oregon into an official U.S. Territory. The bill was passed on August 14, 1848. It was enacted by the 30th United States Congress, and signed by President James K. Polk.