Oregon Country by Michael Deangelo

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Oregon Country

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

OREGON COUNTRY

BY: GRANT CURRN

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HELLO MY NAME IS JAMES K. POLK

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I helped our country acquire the Oregon territory.

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To avoid war I signed a treaty with Great Britain that gave us the opportunity to settle in Oregon.

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Our nation could not afford another war as we had just won the Mexican American war .

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Many Americans tried to force me to obtain all of Oregon, not just half, not knowing if I would've tried this, a war would've begun.

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Michael Deangelo