The history of the Louisiana purchase . what a Century Has Brought Forth Spain. I do not know, said so the question was left all two hundred and fifty years, in fact,Florida was a bone of contention, Spain,France, England, and at last the UnitedStates tugging at the morsel of tropical rich-ness. The phases of the contention since1803 it is not worth while to follow here;1819 is the year in which the long contro-versy was concluded, a treaty then beingarranged with Spain which John QuincyAdams regarded as the most important trans-action in which he was ever concerne
The history of the Louisiana purchase . what a Century Has Brought Forth Spain. I do not know, said so the question was left all two hundred and fifty years, in fact,Florida was a bone of contention, Spain,France, England, and at last the UnitedStates tugging at the morsel of tropical rich-ness. The phases of the contention since1803 it is not worth while to follow here;1819 is the year in which the long contro-versy was concluded, a treaty then beingarranged with Spain which John QuincyAdams regarded as the most important trans-action in which he was ever concerned. Bythat treaty Florida was definitely ceded tothe United States, which in return for theconcession renounced all claim to the terri-tory westward from the Sabine as far as theEio Grande. Spain is said to have congratu-lated herself on this arrangement: in returnfor a province isolated and impossible of de-fense against a most aggressive neighbor, shewas set at rest as regards a region contigu-ous to Mexico, the secure holding of whic
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