HIST 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Alexis De Tocqueville, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The addition of florida - walt disney thanks you mr. jackson. Andrew jackson"s invasion of florida creates a diplomatic crisis that monroe and adams take advantage of. Florida was lawless and jackson"s invasion was lawless and jackson"s invasion was necessary to protect the us. Securing the east, while laying claim to the northwest. Ensuring indian removal and the expansion of slavery. Rush-bagot pact, demilitarizing the great lakes, constitutional precedent set. Convention of 1818, settling fishing rights, slave agreements, and expand commerce. Transcontinental treaty, acquired florida, and renounced spanish claims in the. Pacific northwest, in exchange for spanish claims in texas. Adams believes that slavery is the one issue that could doom the united states. Begins to alter his views on expansion. Territorial expansion to the south could expand the power of slave holding states. Did not want to recognize newly independent latin american states for fear of antagonizing the british.
