how did the united states acquire Florida from Spain?
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The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821) The colonies of East Florida and West Florida remained loyal to the British during the war for American independence, but by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 they returned to Spanish control.
THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED FLORIDA FROM SPAIN BY PURCHASING IT AS PART OF THE ADAMS-ONIS TREATY OF 1819. AT THE FLORIDA WAS SPLIT INTO EAST AND WEST FLORIDA. THE US CLAIMED WEST FLORIDA WHEN A GROUP OF AMERICANS LIVING THERE ROSE UP AGAINST THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT IN 1810. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE SPANISH WERE FIGHTING BOTH THE SEMINOLE INDIANS AND RAIDS LED BY GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON OF US. EVENTUALLY SPAIN COULD NO LONGER SUSTAIN THEIR EFFORTS IN FLORIDA AND THE AGREED TO SIGN THE ADAMS-ONIS TREATY. THIS TREATY OFFICIALLY GAVE THE US CONTROL THE BOTH HALVES OF FLORIDA, AND IT OUTLINED THE SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, WHICH HAD BEEN DISPUTED. THE TREATY ALSO STATED THAT SPAIN NO LONGER HAD CLAIMS IN THE OREGON TERRITORY. IN RETURN THE US PAID SPAIN $5 MILLION TO MAKE UP FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE 1810 UPRISING.