The General and the Diplomat: Comparing Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams on the Issue of Florida and the Transcontinental Treaty of 1821

John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson both played critical, contradictory roles in the long, arduous saga of the accession of Florida which culminated in 1821 with the Adams-Onís treaty, a story which examines the development of republican sentiment on issues such as slavery, Indian relations, and foreign policy