Webster Ashburton Treaty Line

Cooperation in the suppression of the slave trade.
Webster ashburton treaty line. The webster ashburton treaty was a result of disputes over the boundary line between u s. The treaty of paris 1783 at the end of the war for independence had only vaguely defined the northeastern boundary of the united states. Treaty to settle and define the boundaries between the territories of the united states and the possessions of her britannic majesty in north america for the final suppression of the african slave trade and for the giving up of criminals fugitive from justice in certain cases signed at washington august 9 1842. As the population grew in northern maine friction developed between rival groups of lumberjacks see aroostook war.
And spain resolved borders from florida to the pacific ocean. The junction of the madawaska and saint johns rivers new brunswick ca. Previous treaties had been unable to reach agreements as to the border line because the disputed area had not been fully explored or mapped. Adams onĂs treaty of 1819 between the u s.
State of maine and and the british canadian province of new brunswick. This treaty extended the boundary from the summit of the rockies westward along the 49th parallel to the strait of georgia and south and west through juan de fuca strait to the pacific. With the exception of the oregon line most of the frontier between canada and the united states was defined by this agreement. Signed under john tyler s presidency it resolved the aroostook war a nonviolent dispute over the location of the maine new brunswick border.
During daniel webster s first term as secretary of state 1841 1843 the primary foreign policy issues involved great britain. The conflict ended in 1842 with the webster ashburton treaty which divided the territory along the saint john river. These included the northeast borders of the united states the involvement of american citizens in the canadian rebellion of 1837 and the suppression of the international slave trade. And providing for anglo u s.
The oregon treaty of 1846. The webster ashburton treaty of 1842 resolved uncertainties left by the 1818 treaty including the northwest angle problem which had been created by the use of a faulty map. Philip john bainbrigge library and archives canada 1983 47 62. Webster ashburton treaty with great britain 1842 the purpose of the webster ashburton treaty was to settle various outstanding questions between great britain and the united states mainly concerned with boundary lines.
And great britain establishing the northeastern boundary of the u s.