MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Florida
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Oregon Territory
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Texas
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -General Jackson concluded that it was necessary for the United States to invade Spanish territory and forcibly take control of Pensacola, thereby dispersing (or killing) the Indians gathered there. On May 28, 1818, he did just that.
Detailed explanation-2: -Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)
Detailed explanation-3: -Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida, attacked several key locations, and pushed the Seminoles farther south into Florida. St. Marks, Fla., April 1818–Two Seminole chiefs, or micos are captured by Jackson’s forces who used the ruse of flying the British flag to lure the Indians to them.
Detailed explanation-4: -After a short but brisk battle, the Americans captured Pensacola. Jackson explained the seizure had not been prompted by a wish to extend U.S. territory but only in self-defense, since Spanish authority could not be maintained. He then established a military government in Florida.