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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATYWEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty resolved many disputed issues in British-American relations during the mid-nineteenth century. Of these, boundary disputes were the most prominent. After the War of 1812, the United States complained that Britain still habitually violated American sovereignty. The dispute over the northeastern boundary, between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, had brought nationals of the two countries to the verge of armed hostility. This was settled by the treaty through what then appeared to be a wise compromise of territorial claims, which provided the present-day boundary line. (It was a concession that knowledge of Benjamin Franklin's Red-Line Map, not made public until 1932, would have made unnecessary, because the boundary had already been drawn.) The treaty also rectified the U.S.-Canada boundary at the head of the Connecticut River, at the north end of Lake Champlain, in the Detroit River, and at the head of Lake Superior. A useful extradition article and another providing for the free navigation of the St. John River were included in the treaty. Exchanges of notes covering the slave trade ensured the United States protection against "officious interference with American vessels" and the protection of "regularly-documented ships" known by the flag they flew. BIBLIOGRAPHYBourne, Kenneth. Britain and the Balance of Power in North America, 1815–1908. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. Peterson, Norma L. The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1989. Samuel FlaggBemis/a. g. See alsoAroostook War ; Canada, Relations with ; Canadian-American Waterways ; Caroline Affair ; Great Britain, Relations with ; Treaties with Foreign Nations . |
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"Webster-Ashburton Treaty." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Webster-Ashburton Treaty." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401804505.html "Webster-Ashburton Treaty." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401804505.html |
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) An agreement between Britain and the USA settling the present Maine-New Brunswick border. Negotiated by the US Secretary of State Daniel Webster (1782–1852) and the British minister Lord Ashburton, the treaty settled the disputed boundaries in the north-east, awarding the USA more than 18,000 sq km (7000 sq miles) of the 31,000 sq km (12,000 sq miles) disputed area and opening the St John River to free navigation. The treaty also fixed the Canadian-US boundary in the Great Lakes region and served as a precedent for the successful settlement of other 19th-century border disputes between Britain and the USA.
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"Webster-Ashburton Treaty." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Webster-Ashburton Treaty." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-WebsterAshburtonTreaty.html "Webster-Ashburton Treaty." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-WebsterAshburtonTreaty.html |
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty an 1842 agreement between the United States, represented by Daniel Webster, and Great Britain, represented by the first Baron Ashburton, that settled the Northwest Boundary Dispute and also fixed most of the border between the United States and Canada. Other clauses provided for cooperation in the suppression of the slave trade and for mutual extradition of criminals.
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"Webster-Ashburton Treaty." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Webster-Ashburton Treaty." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-WebsterAshburtonTreaty.html "Webster-Ashburton Treaty." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-WebsterAshburtonTreaty.html |
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