In the year 1819, the US gained the territory known then as Spanish Florida. It was acquired after John Quincy Adams and Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis agreed to the deal and signed the Florida Purchase Treaty.
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1819 was when it happend :P
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what borders did the United States gain when it acquired this territory in 1776
No. We lost territory.
The US gained Alaska in 1867.
The United States acquired the territory of Florida when Spain ceded the land through the Florida Purchase Treaty. The treaty was signed by U. S. Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams and Spanish Minister, Do Luis de Onis, in 1819.
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Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
Florida became a territory of the United States in 1819.
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