USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Negotiations over Florida began in earnest with the mission of Don Luis de Onís to Washington in 1815 to meet Secretary of State James Monroe . The issue was not resolved until Monroe was president and John Quincy Adams his Secretary of State.

Detailed explanation-2: -On February 19, 1821, the United States ratified the Adams-Onis Treaty that gave the U.S. ownership of Spanish Florida. On March 10 President James Monroe appointed General Andrew Jackson military governor to take possession of Florida.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monroe was able to buy Florida for $5 million. Monroe had started talks with Spain about Florida while he was James Madison’s secretary of state in 1815.

Detailed explanation-4: -Florida had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers or garrisons, so the Spanish government decided to cede the territory to the United States in exchange for settling the boundary dispute along the Sabine River in Spanish Texas.

Detailed explanation-5: -After months of negotiations, the Adams-Onís Treaty was signed on February 22, 1819. In the treaty Spain gave East and West Florida to the United States, and the United States agreed to assume claims by citizens of the United States against Spain.