Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . tried by court-martial,which sentenced Arbuthnot tobe hanged and Ambrister toreceive fifty lashes and un-dergo a years imprisonmentJackson set aside the verdict,and shot the Englishman andhanged the Scotchman. Hethen marched against Pen^a-cola, the capital of the prov-ince, drove out the Spanishauthorities, captured B a i -rancas, whose troops and offi-cials were sent to Havana. Jackson carried thingswith such a high hand tha
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . tried by court-martial,which sentenced Arbuthnot tobe hanged and Ambrister toreceive fifty lashes and un-dergo a years imprisonmentJackson set aside the verdict,and shot the Englishman andhanged the Scotchman. Hethen marched against Pen^a-cola, the capital of the prov-ince, drove out the Spanishauthorities, captured B a i -rancas, whose troops and offi-cials were sent to Havana. Jackson carried thingswith such a high hand thatSpain protested, and Congress had to order an investigation. Tlie reportcensured Jackson ; l)ut Congress passed a resolution acquitting liini of idl blame,and he became more popular than ever. Spain was not strong enough to expel the Americans, and she agreed to a,treaty, in October, 1820, by which East and West Florida were ceded to theUnited States, the latter paying Spain |o,000,000. The Sabine River, insteadof the Rio Grande, was made the dividing line between the territories of therespective governments west of the Mississippi. Jackson was the first governor. AN t^DIANfa DECLARATION Oi 208 ADMINISTRATIONS OF MONEOE AND ADAMS. of Florida, aiul, as uiay be supposed, he had a stormy time, but he straio-ht-eued out matters with tlie sauie iron resokitiou that marked everything he did. STATES ADMITTED—THE MISSOURI COMPKOMISE. A uumber of States were admitted to the Union wliile Monroe was Presi-dent. The first was Mississippi, in 1817. The territory was claimed byGeorgia, which gave it to the United States in 1802. Illinois was admitted in1818, being the third of the five States formed from the old Northwest Terri-tory. Alabama became a State in 1819, and had been a part of the territoryclaimed by Georgia. Maine was admitted in 1820, and, as has been shown,was for a long time a part of Massachusetts, and Missouri became a State in 1821. The strife over the admission of
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