USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Onís-Adams Treaty of 1819 (also called the Transcontinental Treaty and ratified in 1821) the United States and Spain defined the western limits of the Louisiana Purchase and Spain surrendered its claims to the Pacific Northwest. In return, the United States recognized Spanish sovereignty over Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Adams-Onís Treaty of February 12, 1819, also known as the “Transcontinental Treaty, ” which settled border disputes between the United States and the Spanish Empire, proved vital to the nation’s security.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Adams-Onís Treaty between the United States and Spain was negotiated by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and the Spanish Minister to the United States, Don Luis de Onís, and signed in February 1819.

Detailed explanation-4: -The treaty, consisting of 16 articles was signed in Adams’ State Department office at Washington, on February 22, 1819, by John Quincy Adams, U.S. Secretary of State, and Luis de Onís, Spanish minister.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 was a document that gave the United States colonial control over Florida, which had previously been Spanish territory. The treaty came a few years after an 1810 uprising by some Americans living in Florida.