Unit 5 - Settling International Issues

James Monroe becomes president and wants to use diplomacy to settle our disputes with Great Britain and Spain

Rush-Bagot Agreement - limited naval power on the Great Lakes and demilitarized the border between Canada and the U.S.

Convention of 1818 said the border between Canada and the U.S. along the Louisiana Territory at the 49th North Degree Parallel to the Rocky Mountains and the U.S. will get fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

Both countries would occupy the Oregon Territory and share the resources there

Seminole Indians are attacking U.S. citizens on the boarder with Florida

Slaves are also escaping into Florida and living amongst the Seminoles

General Andrew Jackson is sent to Florida and fought the Seminoles and took a couple of Spanish forts

Spain decides to sell Florida to the U.S. before it just takes it outright

The Adams-Onis Treaty gives all of Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundaries between the U.S. and Spanish southwest

The U.S. would pay Spain $5 million for the land in Florida

U.S. gave up all land claims to Texas