When the telegram was invented people were able to communicate to one another from far distances so... This could have angered the government since they couldn't control the citizens movements and actions
In 1846, the Oregon boundary dispute between the U.S. and Britain was settled with the signing of the Oregon Treaty. The British gained sole possession of the land north of the 49th parallel and all of Vancouver Island, with the United States receiving the territory south of that line.
Private citizens had to pay higher taxes for each runaway slave.
