ADAMS-ONIS TREATY (1819)

Causes

• Revolutions in S. America
• Increased tensions about territorial rights.
• Nationalistic Jackson demands much from Spain
• Louisiana Purchase

Who was it between?

• Spain and U.S.
• Don Luis de Onís (Spanish Minister) and John Q. Adams

What did it establish?

• settled boundary dispute along Sabine River, TX
• gave East and West Florida to the U.S.
• Texas abandoned by U.S.

Lastings effects?

• divided Oregon from Spanish holdings
• effected economy: made country larger, and allowed expansion

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