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    The Aroostook War (sometimes called the Pork and Beans War), or the Madawaska War, was a military and civilian-involved confrontation in 1838–1839 between...
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  • Maine U.S. Aroostook, New Brunswick, Canada Aroostook County, Maine, U.S. Aroostook River, in Maine Aroostook War, an 1838–1839 boundary dispute between the...
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    Aroostook County (/əˈruːstək/ ə-ROO-stək; French: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–United States border. As...
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    Identity during the Aroostook War in Maine". Maine History 47.1 (2013): 68-93 online. "The High Comedy of the Bloodless Aroostook War". Stonington: New...
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  • Quebec. This would set the stage for the bloodless "Aroostook War" a half century later. During the War of 1812, Maine suffered the effects of warfare less...
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    Island National Historical Park British troops evacuate San Juan Island Aroostook War – 1838-39 border dispute between the British colony of New Brunswick...
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    to the city's strategic location. The area was at the centre of the Aroostook War of 1839, a skirmish over boundary lines between the U.S.A. and what...
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    The Aroostook River is a 112-mile-long (180 km) tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick...
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    Republic of Madawaska (category Aroostook County, Maine)
    Brunswick (also known as the "New Brunswick Panhandle") and adjacent areas of Aroostook County in the US state of Maine and of Quebec. The word "Madawaska" comes...
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    the structure is significant as an example of a World War I, World War II and Aroostook War commemorative and as "an early and sophisticated example...
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    Kingdom portal Australia portal New Zealand portal War of 1812 Aroostook War (1838–1839) Pig War (1859) Trent Affair (1861) Chesapeake Affair (1863) Fenian...
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    Webster–Ashburton Treaty (category Aroostook War)
    Canada). Signed under John Tyler's presidency, it resolved the so-called Aroostook War. The provisions of the treaty included: The settlement of the location...
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    Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, situated at the confluence of the Fish River and the Saint John River, on the border with...
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    Treaty of Ghent (category War of 1812)
    United Kingdom despite a few tense moments, such as the Aroostook War in 1838–39, the Pig War in 1859, and the Trent Affair in 1861. After the abdication...
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    Scott also helped to avert war with Great Britain, defusing tensions arising from the Patriot War and the Aroostook War. In 1841, Scott became the Commanding...
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  • list of bloodless wars: The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars: Cold War: unknown number of killed Cod Wars: one man killed...
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    Presque Isle, Maine (category Cities in Aroostook County, Maine)
    Presque Isle (/prɛsk/ PRESK) is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,797 at the 2020 Census...
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    foreign affairs, Van Buren avoided war with Britain despite several incidents, including the bloodless Aroostook War and the Caroline Affair. Van Buren's...
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    The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (reporting mark BAR) was a United States railroad company that brought rail service to Aroostook County in northern...
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    Confederacy to this day. The Webster–Ashburton Treaty following the Aroostook War established a border between New Brunswick and Maine following 130 km...
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  • southeastern U.S. leads to over 4,000 deaths in the Trail of Tears. 1838 – Aroostook War 1839 – Amistad case 1840 – 1840 United States presidential election:...
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    Houlton is a town and county seat of Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the town's population...
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    Patricia Judd, "Forging an International Economy: The Aroostook War and Its Aftermath", in Aroostook: A Century of Logging in Northern Maine (Orono: University...
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  • to 1903 Atlin District Bering Sea Arbitration lasted 1881 to 1893. Aroostook War (Maine/New Brunswick), a bloodless dispute that lasted from 1838 to...
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    Amity, Maine (category Towns in Aroostook County, Maine)
    Amity is a town in Aroostook County, eastern Maine, United States, near the Canada–United States border. The population was 253 at the 2020 census. Amity...
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  • boundary in this area and further east in Maine, led to the Aroostook War, the only war ever declared by a U.S. state on a foreign country. "Maine Highlands"...
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    Civil War. Bangor was near the lands disputed during the Aroostook War, a boundary dispute with Britain in 1838–1839. The passion of the Aroostook War signaled...
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  • Maine, United States Battle of Caribou, an 1838 minor skirmish in the Aroostook War fought at Caribou, Maine Caribou, a stage name used by Dan Snaith Caribou...
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    Webster–Ashburton Treaty formalized the U.S.–Canada border in Maine, averting the Aroostook War. During the Manifest Destiny era, the "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" agenda...
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    Fort Kent (fort) (category Aroostook War)
    during the border tensions with neighboring New Brunswick known as the Aroostook War. It is preserved as the Fort Kent State Historic Site, which features...
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