Annexation
Annexation is the legal merging of some territory into another body. A city might annex unincorporated areas or a country might annex other disputed territories. Sometimes also used to refer to mergers of countries.
Examples of Annexation
Pacific Northwest and California
In
1844 onwards,
United States of America attempted to merge disputed parts of the
Pacific Northwest of
North America into their country.
James Knox Polk, the 11th
President of the United States, used as a successful
campaign slogan "
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", commenting on the
latitude (54°40') of the western portion of the
border between
Canada and the United States, a border which was later officially set at the 49
th parallel.
City of Atlanta
In 1909 the U.S. city of Atlanta, then located only in Fulton County, annexed into part of neighboring DeKalb County (from which Fulton County had originally been divided). The situation continues to provide some problems, such as when police arrest suspects on charges set forth in Georgia state law, and city police must determine which county's jail they must be taken to.
See also: Canadian Annexationist Movement
