History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1541 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Forty-Ninth Parallel
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The idea
Polk proposed division at the forty-ninth parallel and Britain refused, its foreign secretary declining even to forward the proposal to London.
In practice
Queen Victoria's government agreeing to that same division in June eighteen forty-six.
Where people slip
British doubts about defending Oregon militarily, and other imperial worries, changed the answer.
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