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The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and British North America.
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San Juan Islands
Archipelago in the Salish Sea in Washington, US
The San Juan Islands is an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of Washington state, and form the core of San Juan County.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pig War (1859)
Border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom
The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island and the Washington Territory. The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig, is also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
British North America
British possessions from 1783 to 1907
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)