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1819 - Secretary Of State John Quincy Adams and Spanish minister Luis de Onís signed the Adams-Onís Treaty, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, ceding the Floridas to the United States on this date. After the American Revolution, Spain received the Florida colonies back from Britain and almost immediately, tension along the border with the newly independent United States of America began.
The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida, or the Florida Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico). It settled a standing border dispute between the two countries ...
February 22, 1819, was, John Quincy Adams recorded in his diary, “perhaps the most important day of my life.” On that day, the United States finalized a momentous treaty with Spain that acquired Florida for the United States and settled a border with Spain’s North American provinces that reached across the continent to give the United States a piece of Oregon on the Pacific Ocean.
Adams and Onís eventually hammered out an agreement on these issues as well. The two sides eventually came to a final agreement and signed the treaty on Feb. 22, 1819. As a result, the U.S. took possession of both West Florida and East Florida, in return agreeing to pay the legal claims of American citizens against Spain, up to $5 million.
Under the Onís-Adams Treaty of 1819 (also called the Transcontinental Treaty and ratified in 1821), the United States and Spain defined the Louisiana Purchase's western limits, and Spain surrendered its claims to the Pacific Northwest. In return, the United States recognized Spanish sovereignty over Texas.
20 de ago. de 2021 · This year marks the 200th anniversary of Florida’s entry into the United States. As a result of the Adams-Onís (or Transcontinental) Treaty, the two Spanish colonies of East and West Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States and became a single American territory, initially with twin capitals at Pensacola and Saint Augustine.…
The Adams-Onís Treaty, named for Adams and the Spanish ambassador, Luís de Onís, made the cession of Florida official while also setting the boundary between the United States and Mexico at the Sabine River (Figure 11.7). In exchange, Adams gave up U.S. claims to lands west of the Sabine and forgave Spain’s $5 million debt to the United ...
