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The Adams–Onís Treaty (Spanish: Tratado de Adams-Onís) of 1819, [1] also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, [2] the Spanish Cession, [3] the Florida Purchase Treaty, [4] or the Florida Treaty, [5] [6] was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico ().
The Adams–Onís Treaty, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, was signed on February 22, 1819, by John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís y González-Vara, but did not take effect until after it was ratified by Spain on October 24, 1820, and by the United States on February 19, 1821.
Despite these challenges, the Treasury had a surplus of more than $2.5 million by September, and the national revenue from customs was expected to exceed $23 million for the year. [2] In terms of national defense, Monroe reported progress in fortifying coastal defenses and constructing naval ships.
The West Florida Controversy included two border disputes that involved Spain and the United States in relation to the region known as West Florida over a period of 37 years. The first dispute commenced immediately after Spain received the colonies of West and East Florida from the Kingdom of Great Britain following the American Revolutionary War .
Year Date Treaty name Alternative treaty name Statutes Land cession reference (Royce Area) Tribe(s) 1801 October 24 Treaty of Chickasaw Bluffs: Treaty with the Chickasaw 7 Stat. 65: Chickasaw: 1801 December 17 Treaty of Fort Adams: Treaty with the Choctaw 7 Stat. 66: 43 Choctaw: 1802 June 16 Treaty of Fort Wilkinson: Treaty with the Creeks 7 ...
Adams–Onís Treaty: Singapore [10] United Kingdom Johor: $60,000 Spanish dollars [11] 1824 728 km² ~82 Spanish dollars/km² Tranquebar, Serampore, and other continental holdings of Danish India [12] United Kingdom Denmark: 125,000 GBP or 1,125,000 Danish krone: 1845 ~44 km² ~2840 GBP/km² or ~25,600 Kr/km² California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
The territory of Florida was acquired by the U.S. in 1821 under the Adams–Onís Treaty. Replacing the form of martial law that had existed in the territory since Florida was acquired, the U.S. Congress in 1822 established a territorial government consisting of a governor, secretary, thirteen-member Legislative Council, and judiciary, all of ...
The Adams–Onís Treaty, [12] signed in 1819 and ratified in 1821, recognized the U.S. claim, setting the border at the Sabine River. Spain surrendered any claim to the area. (Two years after the treaty was negotiated, New Spain won its independence as the Mexican Empire.) After the treaty, however, the Neutral Ground and the adjacent part of ...