<P> The Convention respecting fisheries , boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , also known as the London Convention , Anglo - American Convention of 1818 , Convention of 1818 , or simply the Treaty of 1818 , was an international treaty signed in 1818 between the above parties . Signed during the presidency of James Monroe , it resolved standing boundary issues between the two nations . The treaty allowed for joint occupation and settlement of the Oregon Country , known to the British and in Canadian history as the Columbia District of the Hudson 's Bay Company , and including the southern portion of its sister district New Caledonia . </P>
<P> The Convention respecting fisheries , boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , also known as the London Convention , Anglo - American Convention of 1818 , Convention of 1818 , or simply the Treaty of 1818 , was an international treaty signed in 1818 between the above parties . Signed during the presidency of James Monroe , it resolved standing boundary issues between the two nations . The treaty allowed for joint occupation and settlement of the Oregon Country , known to the British and in Canadian history as the Columbia District of the Hudson 's Bay Company , and including the southern portion of its sister district New Caledonia . </P>
an agreement between the united states and great britain that settled fishing rights
an agreement between the united states and great britain that settled fishing rights
Treaty of 1818
Treaty of 1818