Compromise Township, Champaign County, Illinois — Compromise Township Township Location in Champaign County … Wikipedia
Compromise of 1850 — Before the Compromise: Gold Rush California applies to become free state South wants Southern California as slave territory Texas claims territory as far as the Rio Grande New Mexico resists Texas, applies to be free state Texas takes El Paso… … Wikipedia
Boundary layer — For the anatomical structure, see Boundary layer of uterus. Boundary layer visualization, showing transition from laminar to turbulent condition In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is that layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of… … 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
Alaska boundary dispute — The Alaska Boundary Dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and Canada (then a British Dominion with its foreign affairs controlled from London), and at a subnational level between Alaska on the U.S. side and British Columbia… … Wikipedia
Missouri Compromise — The United States in 1819. The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the unorganized territory of the Great Plains (dark green) and permitted it in Missou … Wikipedia
List of maritime boundary treaties — The list of maritime boundary treaties, also known as maritime delimitation treaties, are bilateral or multinational expressions of specific mutual obligations. These are also called maritime boundary agreements or maritime delimitation… … Wikipedia
Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 — The Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 is a historic civil engineering landmark, as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It was a brainchild of King Charles II of England to mark the boundaries of various English North American… … Wikipedia
1850, Compromise of — ▪ United States history series of compromise measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of the territory… … Universalium
Oregon Boundary Question — D Settled in 1846, 27; occupation of the Columbia by the Astorians made basis of United States claims, 72; Oregon Treaty, 1846, 114; fundamental elements of dispute, 147 149; the Spanish title, 148; the collision at Nootka, 148; Gray s exploit … The makers of Canada