apr 8, 1895 - Venezuela Boundary Dispute (1895)

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Jungle boundary btwn British Guiana and Venezuela in dispute, Discovery of gold → crisis deepens, Pres Cleveland + Sec of State Richard Olney invoked Monroe Doctrine to Brit; war hysteria follows, London agreed to arbitration due to obligations in other parts of world needing attention, Brit didn't want to risk war w/ US; Started beginning of era “patting the eagle’s head”, the Great Rapprochement aka conciliation btwn US and Brit which lasted up to 1915

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