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Florida had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers or garrisons . They decided to cede the territory to the U.S. through the Adams-Onis Treaty in exchange for settling the boundary dispute along the Sabine River in Spanish Texas

Gnom [1K]3 years ago

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They realized that they could not keep the United States from talking over the Florida territory so in 1819 Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States. The Adams-Onis Treaty was approved by Spain and the United States in 1821.

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