where in article II of the treaty of paris is there a directional reference that does not conform to geographi
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Article 2 states that the boundary between U.S. territory and the British possessions to the north would run "…through the Lake of the Woods to the most northwesternmost point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi…" The parties did not suspect that the source of the Mississippi, Lake Itasca, was south of that point.\n\nIn the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, the error was corrected by having the boundary run due south from the northwest point of the lake to the 49th parallel and then westward along it. When this north-south line was surveyed, it was found to intersect other bays of the lake and therefore cut off a portion of U.S. territory, now known as the Northwest Angle.\n\nFun facts: according to the 2000 Census, the Northwest Angle has a population of 152. \nThere's nobody guarding that bit of the US-Canada border. People passing from one country to the other are supposed to use a telephone that was placed along the road to declare their belongings! lol
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http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blregions.htm
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Tough question. I don't know if I have the answer you are looking for, but there are three "lines" I can think of that may be right.\n\nThe 49th parallel was a line of demarcation used to determine the US-Canadian border. It was decided by the Oregon Treaty in 1846. It was also known as the "Medicine Line"\n\nThe second isn't really a line, but during westward expansion, many denoted the difference between the 13 original colonies from territorial areas and annexed states. \n\nThe Mississippi River is also a common geographical line that commonly separates the "East" from the "West", although more than 2/3 of land is west of it.\n\nHope this helps point you in the right direction. I'm interested to see the correct answer to your question.
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http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/for_cou_414.pdf
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International date line, located in the Pacific Ocean.  It's not a specific longitude, but drawn, I think, to miss any islands.\n\nThe International Date Line is the imaginary line on the Earth that separates two consecutive calendar days. That is the date in the Eastern hemisphere, to the left of the line, is always one day ahead of the date in the Western hemisphere. It has been recognized as a matter of convenience and has no force in international law.
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International Date Line, irregular line drawn on the map of the Pacific Ocean, near, and in many places coincident with, the 180th meridian. It marks the place where navigators change their date by one day on a transpacific voyage. East of the line it is one day earlier than to the west.\n\nAny traveler circling the globe in a westward direction lengthens the day by 1 hour for every 15° of longitude traveled because the traveler is following the apparent motion of the sun; by the time he or she has traveled completely around the world, the traveler is one full day ahead of the people who have remained at the starting place of the trip. Similarly, going eastward, a traveler arrives a day behind.\n\nClose to the 180th meridian, nearly in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a place chosen because of the virtual absence of land and of civilization in the region, navigators going westward add a day to their calendars (for example, the day after August 6 would be August 8), and navigators going eastward drop a day from their calendars (for example, the day after August 6 would be August 6) to correct for this gain or loss of time. The date line is curved eastward around Siberia, westward around the Aleutian Islands, and eastward around the Fiji Islands and New Zealand; the line is so curved to avoid crossing land.\n\n© 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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1 degree west. Did you screw up your question?\nShouldn't you have a north or south in there?
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You should find those details on this site:\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tx.html
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HORIZONTALLY IS THE UNIVERSAL WAY...FRANCE IS NOT OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE MY DEAR.
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It's invalid.\n\nThe question assumes that the only important input into this was American.  The Treaty was between a number of countries.  The attitudes and negotiating positions of the UK, France etc. were important, too.\n\nWilson was in fact far more realistic than most of the WW1 victors in realising that excessively punitive reparations demands on Germany would be counterproductive.\n\nI hope some of your US History lessons actually acknowledge the existance and importance of other countries in history sometimes!
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C. North.\n\nCompass directions are not proper nouns and are not capitalized when used to described relative position (New York City is north of Washington, D.C.) or to give directional instructions (go north 10 miles). In this example however, "the North" is used as a place name and therefore becomes a proper noun.\n\nAnswers A and B are both incorrect.\nMcKinley is a place name and should be capitalized.\nGerman is a language name and should be capitalized.
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If the new island is in international waters no single nation can legally lay claim to it. However, any nation can adjust the extent of their territorial waters to suit themselves. Of course this can lead to the nation having to duke it out with other countries over the ownership issue.
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Try a map from Rand McNally:\n\nhttp://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/direction
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Parce que le Coq est aussi le symbole de la France, france anciennemment appelée La Gaule et dont l'emblème était déjà le Coq
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Well, key isolationist move was Senate refusal to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which would have dedicated US troops to support the League of Nations, which was proposed by President Wilson.  This kept the US out of the League, which was a failure (before being resurrected as the United Nations which is, as we know, also a failure).
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if a contract is valid in one country the courts should inforce the contract in another country ask the legal attache at the embassy or counselet in washington
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Ah, I think I know what you mean? You are looking for towns that lie exactly on a line of longitude and latitude correct? Well, there are quite a few of them and it just so happens you're not the first person to ask. There is a project called the Degree Confluence Project which aims to photograph every single point where two lines meet (for instance 69°N 15°E or 45°N 90°W). If you go to the website below, you should be able to find all the towns that match your query.