A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . bein<r in-sufficient, General Jack-son Avas ordered intoservice, Jackson soonoverran the Indiancountry, and being con-vinced that the Semi-noles had been instigatedto hostilities by personsin Florida, he seizedthe Spanish forts, bothat St. Marks and Pensa-cola. III. Two British sub-jects, Arbuthnot and Am-brister, having fallen intohis hands, were tried bya court-martial, on acharge of having incited the Indians to hostilities, found guilty,and exe
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . bein<r in-sufficient, General Jack-son Avas ordered intoservice, Jackson soonoverran the Indiancountry, and being con-vinced that the Semi-noles had been instigatedto hostilities by personsin Florida, he seizedthe Spanish forts, bothat St. Marks and Pensa-cola. III. Two British sub-jects, Arbuthnot and Am-brister, having fallen intohis hands, were tried bya court-martial, on acharge of having incited the Indians to hostilities, found guilty,and executed. Jacksons invasion of Florida, a territory be-longing to a nation at peace with the United States, and hissummary proceedings in the prosecution of the war, werecondemned by many persons ; but they were approved by thePresident and Congress. IV. A treaty was made in 1819, by which Florida wasceded to the United States ; but it was not till towards theclose of 1820 that the King of Spain ratified the treaty, nor tillJuly, 1821, that the government of Spain surrendered posses-sion of the province. Although the Seminoles, a tierce and. II. Questions.—4. What troubles commenced towards the close of 1S17? was first sent against the Seminoles ? 6. Who was next sent ? 7. Of what wasJackson soon convinced? S. What did he accordingly do ? 9. How are St. Marksand Pensacola situated? (See map, p. 223, also of Florida.) HI. 10. State the cases of Arbuthnot and Ambrister. 11. What acts of Jacksonwere much condemned ?11* 250 MONROE S ADMINISTRATION. warlike Indian race, occu-pied the best lands in theterritory, immigration setin, and a considerablepopulation soon estab-lished themselves in thecountry. y. The MississippiTerritory, which em-braced the present Statesof Alabama and Missis-sippi, was divided in1817, and the westernportion admitted into theUnion as the State ofMississippi. Illinois (?7-lin-oi), which up to 1800had been a part of theNorthwest Territory, andfrom that t
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