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Date Posted: 20:37:43 10/06/02 Sun
Author: Betharoni
Subject: Ch-8 John Quincy Adams and Florida

John Quincy Adams and Florida
A. Like his father, he spent most of his life in political service.
1. Became one of great diplomat in American History
a. Was a committed nationalist
B. His first challenge was Florida
1. Many Americans believed that we should gain possession of the entire peninsula.
2. In 1817, Adams bean negotiations with the Spanish minter, Luis de Onis
a. Hopping to gain the entire territory
C. The Seminole War
1. Took place in Florida
2. Andrew Jackson in charge of American troops along the Florida frontier
a. Received orders from the secretary of War Chalhoun to stop the continuing raids on the US by the Seminole Indians
i. Jackson used those orders as an excuse to invade Florida, seize the Spanish forts at St. Marks and Pensacola.
ii. Also hanged two British men for supplying the Indians
3. Adams, urged the government to assume the responsibilies for it
a. Told the Spanish that it had right under international law that it could defend itself against threats across the boarder.
D. Adam-Onis Treaty
1. Jackson’s raid made Spain realize that the US could easily take Florida by force.
a. Adams implied that the nation might consider doing so.
2. In 1819
3. Spain gave up all of Florida and its calm territory north of the 42nd parallel in Pacific Northwest
a. In return the American government gave up it claim to Texas.

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