Purchase of Florida
- Beginning in 1795 a treaty was established with Spain allowing
- The use of the Mississippi River through Spanish Territory
- Spain & US would control their own Native populations and prevent them from attacking each other’s "property."
- 1810’s: Spain faced rebellions in South American territories
- Attempts to hold them distracted them from Florida
- Andrew Jackson urged President Monroe to take possession of Florida, Monroe declined
- Jackson attacks the Seminoles in Florida
- Spain is not happy – the US, not wanting to disappoint the public, who applauded Jackson, accused Spain of breaking its treaty (i.e. allowing the Seminoles to attack)
- New western lands produced farm lands, New England land turned to manufacturing
- thus beginning a new age in the North, manufacturing
- centralizing the work, increased production
- 1817 - New England textile mills produced 4 million yards of cloth, 1840 – 323 million
- Capitalism, people rewarded for finding/creating better, faster, efficient ways of doing business
- Household Economy, the household produces its goods; used by the housesA large families to work the farms were considered an asset
- The United States suffered two economic depressions -- one in 1818 and a second in 1839. These crises drove some people to seek their living in frontier areas.
- Frontier land was inexpensive or in some cases free
- Expansion into frontier areas opened opportunities for new commerce and individual self-advancement
- Land ownership was associated with wealth and tied to self-sufficiency, political power and independent "self-rule."
- Maritime merchants saw an opportunity to expand and promote new commerce by building West Coast ports leading to increased trade with countries in the Pacific
The Purchase of Florida is stared in 1819 it was between the United States and Spain in 1819. Florida had a bond with the United States and Spain, and gave Florida to the United States now it's called Mexico. Also the border was between the two countries. And before all that happen both countries (United States-Spain) both had many (war) fought against each other and with different people/different countries. So Florida was first made with many problems but they were all trying to make a better place after all.