Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sign the Florida Purchase Treaty, in which Spain agrees to cede the remainder of its old province of Florida to the United States. ... Florida was organized as a U.S. territory in 1822 and was admitted into the Union as a slave state in 1845.
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I believe it's the legislative branch.
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La Salle was going to Canada to desert his struggling colony.
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To help returning U.S. servicemen get back on their feet
