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No School Today. But enjoy regardless. ==== flat =Adam-Onis Treaty: The Context=

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=DATES=

=OVERVIEW=
 * Adam-Onis Treaty signed in Washington on February 22, 1819
 * Treaty ratified by Spain on October 24, 1820
 * Put into force on February 22, 1821
 * Terminated on April 14, 1903 by a treaty of July 3, 1902

After the Louisiana Purchase, the claim over the territory of Florida became a heated affair which led to increasing tension between the United States and Spain. Spain was positioned at an inferior and exposed situation, where it faced both internal and external problems, with its colonies raging war to become liberated from Spain. As one can directly infer, the treaty was primarily the result of a waning Spanish power in America and a fortifying forces of the United States in the continent, as well as a resolution for the prolonging strains betwwen Spain and the United States. The major objectives of this treaty for the United States was to acquire the Florida territory, and to settle a boundary between the United States and Spain in which Spanish took all that was to the left the Sabine river, including California, New Mexico, most of Texas, whilst the US claimed what was to the right, including East and West Florida.

=Position of both parties: Did they agree or diasagree?=

-The Spanish
Although Spanish had initially rejected any revisions on their borders favorable to the United States, being on the verge of losing wars, such as the Mexican Indepence War, the Spanish agreed to the treaty. The foreign minister, Don Luis de Onis, realized that if they refused now, the land might be taken from them without any returns. Therefore, Spain was in agreement with the US and approved in the treaty, in actually receiving a $ 5 million compensation for the land.

-The United States
President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams were in great favor of the treaty, as it was also the US that devised it in the first place. Because of the diminished power of Spain over its colonies, the US was able to formulate a treaty that was in many aspects advantageous to them

=Impacts=

- Short Term
The treaty had several significant short-term effects such as reduce the United States' military and political tensions with Spain, which in turn, allowed the Confgess to cut back on army budgets which was deemed unurgent. Moreover, strategically, the terriory of Florida allowed the US to obtain a crucial point in American coastal defenses which in the past were defenseless. There were however, many critical people who were raged at the loss of Texas; this problem would be solved soon however, with ' Texas Annexation'.

- Long Term
Looking at the broader spectrum, the Adam-Onis treaty established room for the following territorial expansions including the Oregon territory, as well as accomplish the first phase of the great expansion. Politically, the end of the possibility of war between the US and Spain allowed the citizens of the US to weigh more faith in the government and acknowledge its achievements. The treaty at the time, created the US territory to expand from the far north, to stretch far west from Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. This enabled great numbers of the population to migrate down to where the new boundary east of Texas. However, the treaty had diminished the territories of Spain to Texas and California, which would eventually dissolve to all states owned by the US and none by Spain. Furthermore, economically, the Adam-Onis has allowed a healthy trade relationship with Spain, as well as allow trade with the Orient and advancements in economic powers in the Pacific.

=Positive or Negative Outcome?=

As mentioned before, because of the reduced power of Spain at the time of the event, the United States acquired great advantages in the treaty to Spain. The short and long term outcomes of the treaty led to primarily political and economic prosperity of the United States, the treat was a significant contributor to the fall of the Spanish dominance in North America. For the most part, the products of the treaty that are positive for both nations outweigh the negative, therefore, we can conclude the Adam-Onis Treaty was a not a mutually-beneficial, but a well-crafted treaty that provided the route for great advancements for both nations in the present day. Now, Florida stands the fourth most populous city in the United States with 18,537,969 inhabitants, and yield a GDP of $734.5 billion.

=Bibiliography=

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