Adams Onis Treaty

Adams-Onis Treaty

How the United States gained Florida

Multiple Choice

According to the map which country controlled Florida?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• United States

• The Spanish colonized Florida in the 1500s

• However, by the 1600s there weren't many Spanish colonists in Florida. The British colonized the land above Spain and their population was increasing. To ensure that the English would not take their land, the Spanish government welcomed escaped slaves and Native Americans to live in Florida as long as they agreed to defend the territory for Spain

Spanish Colonization of Florida

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Multiple Select

Who did the Spanish allow to live in Florida? Select TWO

• British colonists

• Escaped slaves

• Native Americans

• French colonists

• immigrants from Mexico

Multiple Choice

Why did the Spanish allow these groups to settle in Florida?

• They wanted them to help fight a war so that Spain could take over more British land

• They wanted them to help to protect the territory for Spain

• They wanted them to be treated fairly and equally

• After the United States became a country, American settlers began to settle further into Georgia and Mississippi to grow cotton and other crops 

• By this time the Spanish no longer invited escaped slaves into Florida, but they didn't do stop them either

• In addition, the Seminole tribe of helped escaped slaves to settle in Florida

The United States Grows

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​This is why the map of the Underground Railroad shows an arrow going into Florida. Some escaped slaves from Georgia went south into Florida and hid out with the Seminole tribe

​The Seminole tribe not only helped shelter escaped slaves but also often intermarried with them creating a mixed Native American and African American culture

• The growing number of enslaved people escaping to Florida as well as the slave revolts, deeply concerned Georgia plantation owners

• Even though Spain wasn't encouraging this behavior, they weren't doing much to stop it.

• American plantation owners pushed the American government to do something about this problem

Cause for American concern

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Multiple Choice

Why were American plantations owners in Georgia angry about what was happening in Florida?

• The Spanish colonists were leading slave revolts in America

• The Seminole tribe in Florida was helping shelter escaped slaves and assisting in slave revolts

• The Spanish were trying to take American land by slowly increasing the border of Florida