[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 142 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 142

         Recognizing the anniversary of the Adams-Onis Treaty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 22, 2019

   Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Posey, Mr. Soto, Mr. Diaz-
 Balart, Mr. Mast, Mr. Spano, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. 
 Bilirakis) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
         Recognizing the anniversary of the Adams-Onis Treaty.

Whereas Spain claimed the lands that constitute present-day Florida in addition 
        to the land stretching from its panhandle westward, across the southern 
        portions of modern-day Alabama and Mississippi to the eastern banks of 
        the Mississippi River;
Whereas General Andrew Jackson's invasion of Florida during the First Seminole 
        War (1817-1818) spurred the Spanish Government, fearing the loss of its 
        claim to the territory, to the negotiating table;
Whereas Secretary of State John Quincy Adams entered into negotiations with 
        Spanish diplomat Don Luis de Onis in 1819;
Whereas Adams secured all of Spanish Florida, finalizing the Louisiana Purchase;
Whereas the treaty also set a new boundary running from the mouth of the Sabine 
        River on the Gulf Coast (on the eastern border of modern-day Texas) 
        northwestward along portions of the Sabine, Red, and Arkansas Rivers, 
        then westward on the 42d parallel to the Oregon coast, and was the first 
        boundary to traverse the United States continent;
Whereas the Adams-Onis Treaty also ushered in Congress's first Member of 
        Hispanic descent; Joseph Marion Hernandez served as Florida's first 
        Territorial Delegate during the 17th Congress (1821-1823): Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress and the President should acknowledge the great decision to 
acquire the Florida territory and to acknowledge the great 
contributions the State of Florida has given to the United States.
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