HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Federalist Papers, Whiskey Rebellion, Arkansas River
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In 1819, this was an ultimatum from the u. s. to the spanish, regarding florida. Spain agreed to renounce its claims to western florida, and it gave eastern florida to the u. s. In return, the u. s. ceded texas and paid million of spanish debt to american citizens. It also set the western boundary of the louisiana purchase, from the mouth of the sabine river, along the red river and arkansas river, until it cuts off at the 42nd parallel. This man, an admirer of all things british, was the main member of the federalist political party, the secretary of treasury under the washington administration, and a main author of the federalist papers. He saved the convention in annapolis from complete failure by engineering the adoption of his report, which called upon congress to summon a convention to meet in philadelphia the next year to bolster the articles of. He was an advocate of a super-powerful central government.
