John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire.
Weeks, William Earl, 1957-
John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (249 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Destiny; TWO: Developing a Strategy; THREE: First Moves; FOUR: ""The South American Question""; FIVE: Jackson's Invasion of Florida; SIX: Onis Brought to a Point; SEVEN: The Origins of Empire; Epilogue: The American Cicero; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
This is the story of a man, a treaty, and a nation. The man was John Quincy Adams, regarded by most historians as America's greatest secretary of state. The treaty was the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, of which Adams was the architect. It acquired Florida for the young United States, secured a western boundary extending to the Pacific, and bolstered the nation's position internationally. As William Weeks persuasively argues, the document also represented the first determined step in the creation of an American global empire. Weeks follows the course of the often labyrinthine negotiations by.
9780813148373
Adams-Onís Treaty (1819 February 22)
Adams, 1767-1848 Florida History Cession to the United States, 1819 Geschichte 1817-1819 Spain Foreign United States Spain Treaties, United 1819 Feb. 22 United Foreign Spain
Electronic Books.
F314 / .J646 1992
John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (249 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Destiny; TWO: Developing a Strategy; THREE: First Moves; FOUR: ""The South American Question""; FIVE: Jackson's Invasion of Florida; SIX: Onis Brought to a Point; SEVEN: The Origins of Empire; Epilogue: The American Cicero; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
This is the story of a man, a treaty, and a nation. The man was John Quincy Adams, regarded by most historians as America's greatest secretary of state. The treaty was the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, of which Adams was the architect. It acquired Florida for the young United States, secured a western boundary extending to the Pacific, and bolstered the nation's position internationally. As William Weeks persuasively argues, the document also represented the first determined step in the creation of an American global empire. Weeks follows the course of the often labyrinthine negotiations by.
9780813148373
Adams-Onís Treaty (1819 February 22)
Adams, 1767-1848 Florida History Cession to the United States, 1819 Geschichte 1817-1819 Spain Foreign United States Spain Treaties, United 1819 Feb. 22 United Foreign Spain
Electronic Books.
F314 / .J646 1992