Subsequent History
On June 15, 1846, the Oregon boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain was resolved with the Oregon Treaty. The treaty set the Oregon Country's international boundary between the U.S. and British North America at the 49th parallel. Two years later, on August 14, 1848, the United States Congress created the Oregon Territory; this territory included today's states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming. This extended U.S. sovereignty over the region, but effective control would not occur until government officials arrived from the United States.
On March 2, 1849, Joseph Lane arrived at Oregon City as the appointed Governor of Oregon Territory. Originally from Indiana, Lane had been appointed by President Polk in August 1848 when the Oregon Territory was created by Congress. When Governor Lane arrived he dissolved the provisional government, but the only law of the government struck down was the law authorizing the minting of the Beaver Coins, as this was incompatible with the United States Constitution. In 1853, the Washington Territory was created from the northern section of the Oregon Territory. On February 14, 1859, the Oregon Territory became the state of Oregon.
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