Adams–Onís Treaty

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The Adams–Onís Treaty was an 1819 agreement between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between U.S. and Spanish territories in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
historical event
international agreement
affectedRegion Louisiana Territory
Oregon Country
Spanish Florida
Texas
alsoKnownAs Adams–Onís Treaty
surface form: Florida Purchase Treaty

Florida Treaty
Transcontinental Treaty
cededTerritory East Florida
Florida
West Florida
compensationType assumption of American claims against Spain
countryCedingTerritory Spain
countryReceivingTerritory United States of America
definedBoundaryBetween Spanish America
surface form: Spanish Empire in North America

United States of America
definedWesternBoundaryOf Louisiana Purchase
enteredIntoForceOn 1821-02-22
establishedBoundaryAlong 42nd parallel north
Arkansas River
Red River of the South
surface form: Red River

Sabine River
governingLawArea cession of territory
territorial boundaries
historicalContext post-War of 1812 U.S. expansion
historicalPeriod Era of Good Feelings
language English
Spanish
locationOfSigning U.S. Department of State headquarters
surface form: United States Department of State building (historic)
namedAfter John Quincy Adams
Luis de Onís
negotiatedBy John Quincy Adams
Luis de Onís
precedes Mexican War of Independence territorial settlements
providedCompensationAmount 5000000 U.S. dollars
ratifiedBy Ferdinand VII of Spain
surface form: King Ferdinand VII of Spain

United States Senate
relatedEvent First Seminole War
resultedIn cession of Florida to the United States
recognition of U.S. claims to Oregon Country north of the 42nd parallel
renunciation by the United States of claims to Texas
signatory Kingdom of Spain
United States of America
signedIn Washington, D.C.
signedOn 1819-02-22
subjectMatter international borders in North America
transfer of sovereignty

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Era of Good Feelings significantEvent Adams–Onís Treaty
First Seminole War treaty Adams–Onís Treaty
Presidency of James Monroe hasPart Adams–Onís Treaty
Presidency of James Monroe significantEvent Adams–Onís Treaty
this entity surface form: Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819
United States–Spain relations historicalEvent Adams–Onís Treaty
United States–Spain relations keyTreaty Adams–Onís Treaty
this entity surface form: Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819
Spanish Florida cededByTreaty Adams–Onís Treaty
Adams–Onís Treaty alsoKnownAs Adams–Onís Treaty
this entity surface form: Florida Purchase Treaty