In the treaty, Britain and the United States agreed to joint control of Oregon Country.
It is Portugal and France because France had land in North America and Portugal was trying to get as much space as possib<span>le because Spain was also in South America with them. I hope this helps. :)</span>
I call a thesis statement a summary of the paper at the beginning. It shows what the essay will be about and only by this sentence you can tell the viewpoint of the author. Therefore, the whole paper is about backing up your statement, showing evidences, reasoning and explaining.