The acquisition of Florida by the United States

• Autores: Charles W. Arnade
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 44, 2007, págs. 187-205
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There has been a misconception, still prevalent, that Florida was purchased in 1819 by the US. This is not true. Florida was acquired in the Adams-Onís Treaty. This article presents the complex history of the acquisition. From the mid-eighteenth century the geographical dimensions of Florida had changed several times, even reaching to the Mississippi River, and certain areas of what are today the states of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi were part of Florida. By the time of the Adams-Onís Treaty the United States had already acquired pieces of Spanish Florida on four different occasions between 1795 and 1817. This article explains these piecemeal acquisitions and adjustments to Florida's borders and exposes the myth of the Florida Purchase in the Adams-Onís Treaty.