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  2. Adams–Onís Treaty - Wikipedia

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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 ().

  3. Spanish settlement of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Spanish settlement of Puerto Rico began in the early 1500s shortly after the formation of the Spanish state in 1493 (continuing until 1898 as a colony of Spain) and continues to the present day. The most significant Spanish immigration wave occurred during the colonial period, continuing with smaller numbers arriving during the 20th century to ...

  4. Spanish Florida - Wikipedia

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    In 1512, Juan Ponce de León, governor of Puerto Rico, received royal permission to search for land north of Cuba. On March 3, 1513, his expedition departed from Punta Aguada, Puerto Rico, sailing north in three ships. [20] In late March, he spotted a small island (almost certainly one of the Bahamas) but did not land.

  5. Spain–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The first settlement in modern-day United States territory was San Juan, Puerto Rico, founded in 1521 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. 35 years later, Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded the city of St. Augustine, Spanish Florida (the earliest settlement in the continental United States), which became a small outpost that ...

  6. Florida Territory - Wikipedia

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    The first European known to have encountered Florida was Juan Ponce de León, who claimed the land as a possession of Spain in 1513. St. Augustine, the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the continental U.S., was founded on the northeast coast of Florida in 1565.

  7. Why did Puerto Rico become part of the US? And why is ... - AOL

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    The year is 1898. The United States had 45 states. William McKinley was president. Candy corn, ice cream scoops and semi-trucks had just been invented.

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