How the U.S. acquired its lands — as Trump eyes territorial expansion
President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...
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The Oregon Treaty June 15, 1846
ART. III. In the future appropriation of the territory south of the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, as provided in the first article of this treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson's ...
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Inside The Pig War Of 1859, When A Dead Pig Almost Triggered A Battle Between America And Great Britain
On June 15, 1859, an American settler named Lyman Cutlar noticed a pig rooting around in his potato patch on one of the San Juan Islands. The pig had "been at several times a great annoyance," and the ...