How Did The United States Respond To The Latin American Revolutions
A. Key Events and Issues:
" Latin American revolutions - Throughout the 19th century British, Spanish, French, and Portuguese colonies were fighting for their independence. As Secretary of State and later as President, John Quincy Adams dealt with how the United States would respond to these revolutions without angering European powers. The United States chose to stay out of the affairs of these Latin American countries for that very reason.
" First Seminole War - After the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson, went into Spanish Florida to remove Native Americans from the region. The Natives in the region had been attacking Americans. This angered Europeans powers, but Spain, realizing it could not defend Florida, ceded the territory to the …show more content…
Many saw their struggle as being one that was similar that Americans had during the war for independence. However, in order to not upset Spain, and to maintain commercial ties with Spain, Fish worked to formulate a policy in order to make sure that the United States not get involved. Fish later tried to convince the Spanish to end slavery on the island and to grant it independence, but his attempts were fruitless. The United States would later be dragged into a war in Cuba with the Spanish-American War.
" Dominican Republic annexation Treaty- the Grant Administration, of which Fish was a part of, thought that annexing the Dominican Republic, then known as Santo Domingo, would open up the mineral resources of the United States. While annexation was rejected by the Senate (the Senate believed that it was against the interests of the United States), Fish was responsible for negotiating the treaty.
" Opening of Korea- Korea was seen as even more isolated than Japan, and after a short period of fighting, in which Korea was extremely unprepared for, the United States signed a treaty to open up trade between the
" Latin American revolutions - Throughout the 19th century British, Spanish, French, and Portuguese colonies were fighting for their independence. As Secretary of State and later as President, John Quincy Adams dealt with how the United States would respond to these revolutions without angering European powers. The United States chose to stay out of the affairs of these Latin American countries for that very reason.
" First Seminole War - After the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson, went into Spanish Florida to remove Native Americans from the region. The Natives in the region had been attacking Americans. This angered Europeans powers, but Spain, realizing it could not defend Florida, ceded the territory to the …show more content…
Many saw their struggle as being one that was similar that Americans had during the war for independence. However, in order to not upset Spain, and to maintain commercial ties with Spain, Fish worked to formulate a policy in order to make sure that the United States not get involved. Fish later tried to convince the Spanish to end slavery on the island and to grant it independence, but his attempts were fruitless. The United States would later be dragged into a war in Cuba with the Spanish-American War.
" Dominican Republic annexation Treaty- the Grant Administration, of which Fish was a part of, thought that annexing the Dominican Republic, then known as Santo Domingo, would open up the mineral resources of the United States. While annexation was rejected by the Senate (the Senate believed that it was against the interests of the United States), Fish was responsible for negotiating the treaty.
" Opening of Korea- Korea was seen as even more isolated than Japan, and after a short period of fighting, in which Korea was extremely unprepared for, the United States signed a treaty to open up trade between the