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So what happened?
WHAT EVENTS LED US TO
BECOME A NATION SEPARATE
FROM BRITAIN?
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
 United States
WHO
was involved?
 Canada
 Britain
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
 Gold was discovered in the
Yukon (Dawson City)
WHAT
 The border between Alaska
and British Columbia
was it about?
 Border of “Along the summit
of the mountains” was
unclear.
 Who will Britain support?
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
WHAT
other details?
 To get to Dawson City
o Chilkoot Pass
o Had to land by ship along the
coast
 Both groups wanted economic
benefits from miners:
o
o
Transportation
Supplies
 US line
o Canadians would not have any
usable coastline = no economic
benefits
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
WHEN
did it happen?
1903
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
WHERE
did it take place?
 The border between Alaska
and British Columbia
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
 Britain controlled Canada’s
Foreign Policy
WHY
did Britain become
involved?
 US and Canada couldn’t
agree.


Arbitration – Small group of
people consider both sides
and make a decision.
6 officials to decide
3 from the US
 2 from Canada
 1 from Britain

The Alaska Boundary Dispute
 British official sided with
the Americans

HOW
did this affect Canada’s ties
to Britain?

Germany building an army
Britain would need support
from US
 Nationalists were furious
 Imperialists started to
question our ties to Britain
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
 Strengthened Canada’s
Extra
Info
negative feelings toward
the United States

Saw the US as a threat
 Annexationists – started
to see themselves as very
different from the US