... to settle matters peacefully by sending John Slidell to Mexico to negotiate, but they would not accept the offer. On April 4th word reached Washington that American troops had been attacked by Mexican forces. Polk asked Congress and was granted a declaration of war. Congress authorized the president to ... the US. The short-lived Bear Flag Republic was born. A stitched flag, whose star and a grizzly bear's likeness, was raised on the public square in Sonoma. Very important in these events was John C. Fremont. He was assigned to the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, which was charti...

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... organized a meeting of Maine and New Brunswick before there was any actual fighting. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty solved the problem in 1842. The treaty gave the U.S. 7,015 square miles, and it gave Britain 5,012 square miles. Webster used a map with a red line on it showing the boundaries, which was drawn by Benjamin Franklin in Paris of 1782. Britain also agreed to pay ... occurred as Whigs and abolitionists told the public of the Africans plight, while the Democrats called them murders and guilty of mutiny. The federal district immediately asked for help from Washington (Niven 467). ...

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