Transcontinental Treaty

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bilateral treaty international agreement

The Transcontinental Treaty, formally known as the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, was an agreement between the United States and Spain that defined their territorial boundaries in North America and led to U.S. acquisition of Florida.

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Label	Occurrences
Transcontinental Treaty canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1821-02-22 ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
definedBoundaryBetween	Spanish territories in North America ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedWesternBoundaryOf	Louisiana Purchase NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Limits (1828) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida Purchase Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ Transcontinental Treaty of 1819 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFormalName	Adams–Onís Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	established a transcontinental boundary for the United States to the Pacific Ocean ⓘ resolved long-standing border disputes between the United States and Spain in North America ⓘ
jurisdiction	North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty ⓘ
locationSigned	Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
monetaryAmount	5000000 U.S. dollars ⓘ
namedAfter	John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis de Onís NERFINISHED ⓘ
negotiatedBy	John Quincy Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis de Onís NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United States territorial expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Louisiana Purchase NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedFor	Spanish recognition of U.S. claims to Oregon Country ⓘ U.S. renunciation of claims to Texas ⓘ assumption by the United States of claims of its citizens against Spain ⓘ
ratifiedBy	Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	U.S. acquisition of Florida ⓘ cession of Spanish Florida to the United States ⓘ
signatory	Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedByRepresentativeOf	John Quincy Adams, U.S. Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis de Onís, Spanish minister to the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedOn	1819-02-22 ⓘ
subject	cession of Florida ⓘ territorial boundaries in North America ⓘ

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Adams–Onís Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Transcontinental Treaty ⓘ