Adams–Onís Treaty - Florida ceded to the US
02/22/1819 AD treaty with
Negotiated by US President Monroe's Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, and Spanish King Ferdinand VII's diplomatic envoy Luis de Onís y González-Vara, the treaty cedes Florida to the US and defines the border between New Spain and the US.
It settles a standing border dispute between the two countries and was considered a triumph of American diplomacy.
Spain had long rejected repeated American efforts to purchase Florida. But by 1818, Spain was facing a troubling colonial situation in which the cession of Florida made sense. Spain had been exhausted by the Peninsular War (1807–1814) against Napoleon in Europe and needed to rebuild its credibility and presence in its colonies. Revolutionaries in Central America and South America had been waging wars of independence since 1810.
Lattitude: 38.9072° N
Longitude: 77.0369° W
Region: North America
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