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The state of Florida was never purchased by the U.S. It was traded back and forth between nations by a series of treaties and by the U.S. Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
In 1763 Spain traded Florida to Great Britain in return for Cuba. Great Britain divided the territory into East Florida and West Florida, which extended all the way to the Mississippi River and north far into Mississippi and Alabama. In 1784, the Treaty of Paris ending the U.S. Revolutionary War returned Florida to Spain, but without describing any boundaries.
In 1795, during George Washington's presidency, the Treaty of San Lorenzo set the northern boundary of Florida at the 31st parallel. In 1810, President James Madison claimed West Florida as part of the Louisiana Purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson.
In 1819 during the James Monroe presidency, the Adams-Onis Treaty was signed which gave the U.S. possession of Florida beginning in 1821. Florida became an official U.S. Territory in 1822, and became the State of Florida in 1845 at the beginning of James K Polk's presidency.
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BeauIn 1819, when James Monroe was President, through the Adams-Otis Treaty, the U.S. received Florida and in return gave Spain all of Texas and five-million dollars. Spain was more or less forced to sell it since they could not defend it. On March 3rd, 1845 , John Tyler's last day in office, Florida became the 27th state.
The Adams-OnÃs Treaty, in which the United States acquired Florida from Spain, happened in 1819. James Monroe was the U.S. President. Monroe's Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, negotiated the treaty.
THe United States was not bought from Spain. The only part of the US that was acquired from Spain was Florida, which occurred while James Monroe was President. (Spain once claimed the Louisiana territory, California , Texas and most of the US Southwest, but had relinquished its claims there before the US acquired that territory. )
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