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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Joint Occupation | both the United States and Britain had claimed sovereignty over Oregon country, and unable to resolve their conflicting claims diplomatically, they agreed in an 1818 treaty to allow citizens of both countries to have equal access to the territory, this lasted for twenty years. |
| Wolf meetings | When there were too many wars they met and decided to put a bounty on them |
| Provisional Government | In Washington when a government was needed to decide what to do with someone's things once they died and later needed to do other things |
| Pig war | When a big arguement broke out over a pig getting shot |
| land grants | When a single person went west, they would receive 320 acres if they lived on it for 4 years |
| terminus | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
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