I don't think Adams had much say in the matter. News traveled slowly in those days and Jackson acted on his own initiative in Florida for the most part.
I don't think Adams had much say in the matter. News traveled slowly in those days and Jackson acted on his own initiative in Florida for the most part.
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He did not really allow it. Jackson acted on his own for the most part. Communication was slow in those days. Jackson was not under command the of Adams who was Secretary of State. Jackson was reprimanded for creating an international flap by imprisoning the Spanish governor. The invasion put the US in a very strong position for negotiated the Adams-Onis Treaty which ceded Florida to the US and alleviated the problem of Indian raids out of Florida.
I don't think Adams had much say in the matter. News traveled slowly in those days and Jackson acted on his own initiative in Florida for the most part.
I don't think Adams had much say in the matter. News traveled slowly in those days and Jackson acted on his own initiative in Florida for the most part.
Andrew Jackson gave orders of invasion so it would be the Americans
That territory was Florida, which the Spanish were apparently unable to control.
It didn't establish the borders. The Louisiana purchase from France was the center of the United States.
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America never officially invaded Florida... When Andrew Jackson was still an American army general he pursued Seminole Indians (who were raiding into Georgia) into Spanish Florida. This is know as the First Seminole War and it caused much anger back in Spain.
In 1818, Andrew Jackson led U.S. forces into Florida during the Seminole War. Jackson's invasion was in response to raids and attacks on American settlements by Seminole Indians and their allies. He pursued the Seminoles into Spanish-held Florida, captured forts, and eventually took control of the territory. Jackson's actions ultimately pressured Spain to cede Florida to the United States in the Adams-OnΓs Treaty of 1819.
In 1817-1818, President Monroe orders Jackson to chase raiding Seminole Indians back into Florida, but not to invade Florida. Instead, Jackson invaded Florida, captured military forts, executed two British subjects for stirring up Indian attacks, and replaced the Spanish governor. Many members of Monroe's cabinet believed that Jackson should have been court-martialed for his actions in Florida. With that said, the Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, saved the day for Jackson and it was ruled that Jackson had acted in self defense in Florida.
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