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Why
Anonymous
100
President James Monroe
Who was the President of U.S. at the time?
100
The Seminoles fought wars with the Americans
How did the Seminole population decrease?
100
1819
What year did we acquire Florida?
100
Slaveowners' needed their slaves that ran away to Florida.
Why did slaveowners want Florida?
100
Spain
Who owned Florida before the U.S. bought it?
200
The Seminoles
What Indian tribe did runaway slaves blend into or join when they ran away?
200
John Quincy Adams agreed to give Florida to the U.S. after many negotiations.
How did we get Florida from Spain?
200
1817
General Andrew Jackson marched into florida in which year?
200
Florida had good farmland.
What is an agricultural reason America wanted Florida?
200
Georgia's slaves
What state's slaves ran into Florida?
300
General Andrew Jackson
Who marched into florida and defeated the Seminoles?
300
By sending soldiers over to Spain, they agreed to sign a peace treaty with the U.S.?
Why did Spain sign a peace treaty over Florida?
300
1819-1829
Between which 2 years did White Americans move to Florida?
300
As population increased the U.S. government got more nervous and wanted to kill all the Seminoles.
What is a reason General Andrew Jackson went to Florida and fought battles with Seminoles?
300
Florida Purchase Treaty
What was the name of the treaty that got the U.S. Florida?
400
Spaniards
Who owned the land we now know as Florida?
400
$5,000,000
How much money did America spend on Florida?
400
Early 1800s
In which time period was Florida controlled by Spain?
400
After we would acquire Florida we would have acess past the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the side reason the U.S. wanted Florida?
400
The British
Who owned florida before Spain?
500
Slaves that ran away to florida
Why were slave owners in Georgia mad?
500
Spain was too sacred to lose a war and many people, so they agreed to give the land to Americans.
How did Florida become part of the U.S.?
500
1818
When did General Andrew Jackson continue his attacks?
500
The U.S. didn't like Spain already.
What was a motivation to retreive the land from Spain?
500
John Quincy Adams
Who was the Secretary of State that negotiated with Spain who got us Florida?