History of North America

What land did the US acquire as a result of Adams onis treaty?

The Adams–Onís Treaty, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, was signed between the United States and Spain on February 22, 1819, in Washington, D.C., by U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Spanish minister Luis de Onís. It defined the boundary between the United States and New Spain, which included lands that are now part of the U.S. states of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as Florida. In return, the U.S. government agreed to pay up to $5 million in damages to American citizens for injuries suffered from Spanish forces. The treaty also provided for the United States to assume the debts owed by Spain to American citizens, arising out of the 1802 Treaty of San Ildefonso, amounting to $5 million.
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