The World's Smallest Republic : Indian Stream

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The World's Smallest Republic : Indian Stream
Abstract
A history of the boundary dispute between New Hampshire and the Eastern Townships which continued from 1792 to 1842. The dispute arose as a result of the ambiguous wording in the Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the American Revolution, over the boundary between Canada and the United States. There were three possible interpretations of where "the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River" might be. As a result, the area (in and around the three tributaries that fed into the head of the Connecticut River) was not definitively under the jurisdiction of either the United States or Canada, although both claimed the area. With both Canada and the United States taxing the citizens of this area, the approximately 300 people living there decided in 1832 to create the (unrecognized) constitutional Republic of Indian Stream, independent from both countries. The Republic lasted until 1835 when the citizens elected to join the United States. The boundary dispute was settled in 1842 by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, when Great Britain relinquished its claim and Canada lost part of the Eastern Townships.
Publication
Histoire Québec
Volume
Vol. 16
Issue
no. 2
Date
2010
Pages
36-40
Language
en
URL
Citation
Gustafson, Carl. “The World’s Smallest Republic : Indian Stream.” Histoire Québec, 2010. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/hq/2010-v16-n2-hq035/66139ac.pdf.
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