To find a quicker way to Asia and India
Was a treaty between the United States<span> and </span>Spain<span> in 1819 that ceded </span>Florida<span> to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and </span>New Spain<span>. It settled a standing border dispute between the two countries and was considered a triumph of American diplomacy. It came in the midst of increasing tensions related to Spain's territorial boundaries in North America against the United States and Great Britain in the aftermath of the American Revolution; and also during the </span>Latin American Wars of Independence<span>. Florida had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers or garrisons. </span>Madrid<span> decided to cede the territory to the United States through the Adams–Onís Treaty in exchange for settling the boundary dispute along the </span>Sabine River<span> in </span>Spanish Texas<span>. The treaty established the boundary of U.S. territory and claims through the Rocky Mountains and west to the Pacific Ocean, in exchange for the U.S. paying residents' claims against the Spanish government up to a total of $5,000,000 and relinquishing the US claims on parts of Spanish Texas west of the </span>Sabine River<span> and other Spanish areas, under the terms of the </span>Louisiana Purchase<span>.</span>
The Confederacy saw themselves as fighting a second war for independence. They were rebelling against what they felt was an oppressive government that was infringing on their rights.
Lincoln referenced the forefathers in his Gettysburg Address and felt that keeping the union together was what they had fought for, they created a new nation, not one that should be torn apart.
Buddhism is the religion that emphasizes detachment <span>from worldly goods, originated in India and missionaries spread it to China, Japan, and other parts of Asia. Buddhism is a non theistic religion.</span>
