Transcontinental Treaty

Transcontinental Treaty

▪ Spain-United States [1819]
(1819),also called  Adams-onís Treaty, or Purchase Of Florida,  

      accord between the United States and Spain that divided their North American claims along a line from the southeastern corner of what is now Louisiana, north and west to what is now Wyoming, thence west along the latitude 42° N to the Pacific. Thus Spain ceded Florida and renounced the Oregon Country in exchange for recognition of Spanish sovereignty over Texas.

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