Oregon Question — A territorial dispute involving the lands west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and between latitudes 42° and 54°40 , encompassing approximately a halfmillion square miles. Until the early nineteenth century, the United States,… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Oregon Territorial Legislature — Seal of the Oregon Territory Type … Wikipedia
Oregon Constitutional Convention — Seal of the Oregon Territory Other names Constitutional Convention of 1857 Participants see below … Wikipedia
Oregon boundary dispute — The Oregon Country/Columbia District stretched from 42N to 54 40 N.The most heavily disputed portion is highlighted The Oregon boundary dispute, or the Oregon Question, arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Pacific… … Wikipedia
Oregon Country — Map of Oregon Country The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed ownership region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810,… … Wikipedia
Oregon tax revolt — Part of a series on Taxation Taxation in the United States … Wikipedia
Oregon — Oregonian /awr i goh nee euhn, or /, adj., n. /awr i geuhn, gon , or /, n. 1. a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 2,632,663; 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Cap.: Salem. Abbr.: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code). 2. a… … Universalium
Oregon Treaty — Map of the lands in dispute The Oregon Treaty[1] is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing… … Wikipedia
Oregon State Seal — The Oregon State Seal is the state seal of Oregon, United States. It was designed by Harvey Gordon in 1857, two years before Oregon was admitted to the Union. The seal was preceded by the Salmon Seal of the Provisional Government and the Seal of… … Wikipedia
question — questioner, n. /kwes cheuhn/, n. 1. a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply. 2. a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation. 3. a matter of some uncertainty or… … Universalium
