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Originally Posted by casper
British Columbia, Washington State and Oregon historically were the same colony. There were disputes between the Americans and British over who controlled the territory. That was finally settled when the Oregon Treaty of 1846 was signed. The British called the area Columbia Territory and the Americans called the area Oregon Country.
Growing up in BC I was taught that the British/Canada gave up what today is called Oregon and Washington state to satisfy the unreasonable demands of the Americans.
Certain American kids are taught that the US made a major concession of giving up British Columbia.
There was even a war over part of the territory. The Pig War of 1859.
Back to modern days there are strong ties between these two states and BC.
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Here's a great summary, and the origin of "54-40 or Fight!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute
Settling at 49 feels like a loss in that context.