West Florida Controversy, in U.S. history, dispute over the status of the territory lying on the Gulf of Mexico between the Apalachicola and Mississippi rivers. ... In the Transcontinental (Adams-Onís) Treaty of 1819, Spain ceded all claim to West Florida, which came under official U.S. jurisdiction two years later.
The pace of change was slow and many were being injured or killed.
He did nothing, thinking the economic crisis would mend itself with time.
The country that was responsible was holland or netherlands.