the treaty was concluded on february, 1819 but the treaty was stated publicly on february, 1821...
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ADAMS–ONIS TREATY
BY: KEVIN LEE
• The treaty was concluded on February, 1819• But the treaty was stated publicly on February, 1821
• *Important to note: During this time, due to the revolutions for independence in South America, Spanish power was weakened! Which is good for the U.S!*
WHEN?
• Adams-Onis treaty = Transcontinental Treaty• Tension between U.S and Spain over Florida• The goal of the U.S was to gain access to
Florida, in exchange of the U.S government paying the residents’ claims against the Spanish government up to $5,000,000.
• A treaty in attempt to draw clearer border in North America
WHAT WAS IT??
• During the 1800’s, it was a period where numer-ous South American countries such as Argentina (1816), Brazil (1822), Bolivia (1822) and Chile (1810) declared independence against the Spaniards, which gave Spaniards hard time to keep all the colonies under their control!
WHAT HELPED THE U.S. GAIN FLORIDA?
• The Americans and Spanish were the ones in conflict
• Adams-Onís Treaty is named after John Quincy Adams, the Secretary of State in U.S, and Spanish Minis-ter Luis de Onís
WHO?
• Main reason is for the sake of territorial expansion President James Monroe de-sired.
• After the Louisiana Purchase (1803), Presi-dent James Monroe considered Florida to be part of Louisiana.
• To drive the Spaniards away as far as U.S can.
WHY?
• The Spanish, so far seems to have gained nothing. From their loss of Lousiana in 1803 to even Flor-ida on 1819.
• However…• The Spanish gained
west of Louisiana, Texas to California!
WHAT DID THE SPANISH GAIN?
• The treaty seems to have been posi-tively concluded overall… with U.S. gaining control of Florida while Spain gaining west of Louisiana to Califor-nia.
SO… IN THE END, WAS EVERYONE
HAPPY?
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• Turk, Evelyn. "Adams-Onis Treaty." Http://www.tshaonline.org. Texas State Historical Association. Web. 24 Aug. 2009. <http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/nba1.html>.
• Gill, Nicholas. "South American Independence Days." Http://southamerica-travel.suite101.com. Suite101. Web. 25 Aug. 2009. <http://southamerica-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/south_american_independence_days>.
• Images: • http://thomaslegion.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/adams_onis_
treaty_map.jpg - Background picture
• http://drmyers.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/adams1.jpg - John Quincy Adams
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/4/4b/WP_Luis_de_On%C3%ADs.jpg/180px-WP_Luis_de_On%C3%ADs.jpg – Luis de Onis
• http://www.localriding.com/image-files/usa-state-map.gif - Map of U.S.
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