W. H. Harrison Administration - Foreign Issues
Foreign Issues
The United States's emergence as a world power was many years away when Harrison took office in 1841. Relations with Europe monopolized U.S. politicians interest in the international arena. Disputes with Great Britain over Canada's territorial boundaries and the support of U.S. citizens for a Canadian rebellion against British colonial rule in 1837 threatened to bring the two countries to hostilities. Little was accomplished during Harrison's brief tenure, however, and the Anglo-American disputes were bequeathed to the Tyler administration.
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