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==Background==
==Background==


=== Early Migrations  ===
*Early 1800s, traders and trappers came into the area from '''Canada, Russia, Latin America and the United States'''.  
 
*1830s and 1840s, other settlements were created in the Willamette River valley. These settlers generally came from '''Midwestern and eastern states, Canada and Russia'''.  
*Early 1800s, traders and trappers came into the area from Canada, Russia, Latin America and the United States.
*1843, over 900 more Americans arrived, mostly from '''Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa'''.
*1811, John Jacob Astor, an American, established the first white settlement in Oregon.  
*1830s and 1840s, other settlements were created in the Willamette River valley. These settlers generally came from Midwestern and eastern states, Canada and Russia.  
*1843, a provisional government was set up by American settlers.
*In the same year, over 900 more Americans arrived, mostly from Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.


=== Oregon Donation Land Claim Act  ===
=== Oregon Donation Land Claim Act  ===
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