The US State of Florida was purchased from Spain in 1819. It became the 27th State in 1845.
By the Adams Onis Treaty.
Spain sold the state of Florida to the US.
John Quincy Adams was Secretary of State under Monroe and negotiated this treaty, known as the Adams-Otis treaty.
The United States and Spain agreed to this treaty. Adams was the US Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams and Onis was the Spanish foreign minister, Luis de Onis.
On March third of eighteen forty-five, it became the 27th US State in 1845. It was a U.S. territory before it became a state. The U.S. got it from Spain in 1821 with the Adams-Onis Treaty.
The Adams Treaty, also known as the Adams-Onís Treaty, is named after U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Spanish Minister Luis de Onís. Signed in 1819, the treaty resolved territorial disputes between the United States and Spain, including the cession of Florida to the U.S. and the establishment of boundaries between U.S. and Spanish territories in North America.
The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, between The US and Spain, gave the US the state now known as Florida in order to settle border disputes.
The Adams-Onis treaty of 1819 made Florida a US territory. It was named for John Quincy Adams, the Secretary of State who negotiated the treaty for the US and Luis de Onis, the Spanish foreign minister.
Basically, Florida became a state after a treaty with Spain in 1819.
The United States gained Florida from Spain through the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819. The treaty was negotiated by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.
Somehow, it became a US territory after John Quincy Adams signed the Florida Purchase treaty in 1819. Afterwards, the US began to occupy the State after closing on the deal with Spain for $5 million.