What is the Adams onis treaty?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Onis_Treaty

it was a treaty that helped set the border between the US and Spain back in 1819 (when spain owned current day mexico and much of current day US).

It's named after our then leader John Quincy Adams, and Spain's foreign minister Luis de Onis.

Answer 2

Adams-onis Treaty Definition

Answer 3

To simplify the answer it was a territorial settlement and purchase of specific boundries. It was to serve 2 purposes to keep the Seminole Indians from raiding Georgia and to keep Washington from owning Texas.
You need to read the links below to better understand it and the boundries.


Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/adamonis.htm

The Adams-Onís Treaty (1819), also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, solved two problems. Citizens of Georgia wanted the United States to purchase eastern Florida from Spain because Seminole natives frequently raided the state and then retreated to the Spanish territory. Spain wanted to establish the boundary between Mexico and the Louisiana Purchase before too many American settlers moved into the area. John Quincy Adams, secretary of state under President James Monroe, negotiated the treaty with Luís de Onís of Spain.

Because independence movements in Spain's other colonies demanded attention, Onís was willing to sell eastern Florida. Despite the Spaniard's initial insistence on his country's rights to much of the lands involved, Adams secured a boundary between the Louisiana Purchase lands and the Texas territory that was extremely favorable to the United States. The boundary was set at the western bank of the Sabine, Red, and Arkansas rivers to the Continental Divide. From that point the line followed the forty-second parallel west to the Pacific Ocean. Spain also gave up all claims on the Oregon territory.

The purchase of Florida for a mere $5 million (paid directly to citizens with claims against the Spanish government) assured the treaty's popularity in the United States, but Adams considered establishing the western boundary his most important diplomatic feat. The treaty was finally signed and ratified in 1821.
http://www.answers.com/topic/adams-on-s-treaty

Answer 4

In addition, it was also known as the Florida Purchase Treaty...improperly named because it was more of a trickery into pushing Spain into ceeding Florida.