Why did Britain give up Oregon? (Short Animated Documentary)

Britain once held condominium of what's now Oregon, Idaho and Washington State with the United States and during a time of diplomatic strength, simply handed it over without any compensation. So why did the United Kingdom do this when it could have got something in return or at least given less? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. Below is a list of my Patreon supporters, without which this wouldn't be possible: Lukáš Houdek Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Arcedia Sergio M. Vela Emil Świderek George Kapoyanis Eclipse Gin Aldeguer Armaan Bath Dennis Vandeban Brendan W robert lalonde Mathias.C Michael Kram Hasmuffin CharÉTS Franco La Bruna Ethan Don Bonnigan Southside Mitch Bradley chaulk Adam Barrett Justin Kubusch John Heath Robertson JakeBak0905 Person Cippalippus Leonard Frank DVoid ChrisRom His Empyreal Illuminance The Supreme High Priest Kalynx Paul Munro sharpie660 Martha Grondin John Orr Philip Yip Joshua Schneider Brooks Woolson Piotr Wojnowski Mario Peshev Aaron Conaway Alex Teplyakov tegsirat Travis Mount Christopher Godfrey Sean D. Steven Gibson Phoenix Fats Shauna K Vance Christiaanse Mario Mejia Nuukov Nathan Mendelsohn Korix Riylo Sean Uzar Harley Raptopoulos Jane Sumpter Andrew F Ron Johnson Peter Marino Nicholas Menghini Nolan Peale Contdoko12 zockotron Bernardo Cavalcanti Andreas Mosand Angel Aguiñaga Adrian Marine Evan Ellingson Arthur Hosey Jr. Erik Hare Douglas James Jose Recinto The Funks Phillip Gathright D. Mahlik Tony Belmonte Manny F Roman Kynčl Jack Nelson Jamie van Brewen Nick Macarius Tactical_Jackal Drake Béliveau Allen Rines Dr. Schtnizel HelloAgain Duke Xainis98 Alan Romero Sebastian Mayor Matthew Toles Katie Flinn Sahni GrokThis mgnesium.poetry Thomas McGraw Jacob Zachs Clayton Schuman Chute Mi Joe DeVito Konstantin Bredyuk Bradley Backoff Ciege Engine Michael Galloway khaki enthusiast Matt Reed Leena Al-Souki Serius_Loyola KNSTRKTVST Tim Stone Ben Drums 24 Duane Bridges Jason Vandeventer Perry Gagne Vilena5 John Garcia blaZzinG_FurY Chris Weisel Zachary Pascalar Chase Labiste Windischgraetz Andrew Patane Anthony McCann William Adderholdt Justin Short Aaron Larrow george tyler alexccg Curt Helmerich Tyler Jenkins Liquid Chief Logical Insanity Joel Wasserman Dullis C. C. C. Tim Sweeney Patrick Crowne Tino Jeff Sharon Juan Castillo Oliver Jenner Bodo Nuber Matthew O'Connor Spencer DeRosier Hexapuma Stefan Møller Ahmed Roshdi Florian Mäder Joseph Reinsch Nathan Ngumi Andrew Niedbala Bartosz Zasada ARandomPaperClip Patty Culp Tall Jeff Colm Byrne Jason Gould bas mensink Joseph Hutchins Tim Stumbaugh kevinh Dexter_McAaron Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel ThePalestRose No way Cade Summers Alen Geoffrey Sparrow Vegard Tønnessen Jonny Minogue Warren Rudkin Chach Clay Carroll Ned Burke SketerK Moraxian Emily Glover-Wilson BattleGoat Studios Melissa Prober Richard Wolfe James Robin! WolfiZee Valentyn Andrei Listochkin Steve Bonds Joseph Kerckhoff Yared Cristiano Mars Project Robert Meehan Matt Busch David Spellmeyer ZCoupon Donald Weaver Sethars nullptr Bren Ehnebuske Burt Clothier SirAlpaka Matthew Ward William Clark Carl Blanton Ryan Haber Anthony Uk Colonel Oneill Jeffrey Schneider Brian Giordano Rob Rollins Juan Benet Azul Bravestrong Jasdeep Brar Alex G. YugiJitsu Games Thomas Wang Heytun Robert Brockway Kishan Nair George Caponera Lech Duraj Seth Reeves Peter Konieczny Mark Ploegstra Michael Sempervive AltHistoryConjectures Nathan Snyder Ian M Kinfe85 Wolf Sean Long Zachary Oertel I'm Not In The Description Jonah Baloney Dustin Koellhoffer Doug MacLean Colm Boyle Miky Hidalgo Morriss Ali Sadighian James R DeVries Kevin Phoenix Dr. Sarno John Gross-Whitaker Hunter Bayliss Dutchball Animations Jack Thomas Dan Reiher Mik Scheper Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Will Sullivan Dan Wu LambOfLeg Isabel Harrison Roko Lisica Mark Littlehale Oriki Kirk Hoffman 0_DannyBoy Jason Sutherland Aeryn and Lisa Toland T. c. north Sara Birnbaum Igor Stavchanskiy Tom Ebert Hiro P Tristan Kreller Eric Askins Harrison Wiener Yuichiro Kakutani Charles Doolittle pdswanfleet Andrew Sever Christopher S Nelson Shakira Graham Ethan Harlow Tranier Bocaj JT96 Lindorien Paul McGee Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Daniel O'Reilly Typhoon2401 Markus Lindström blei95 Schwarzer Hai Jan Bart Verbist Robin_Col M Scho Kasi Tarsirrus James Rhys Little Ben L Ash Elford Jackarice26 Twinny Hill Gina Service Phil Johnston Rhys Jackson zemnmez Roberticus1992 KingKyumber