As relations between Britain and the United States worsened in the years leading up to the war, the U.S.government began to fear that Britain would just seize Florida from Spain and use it as a base of operation against them. President Madison tried unsuccessfully to get Spain to cede Florida to the United States.
Even before the war started there was a movement to form the Republic of Florida along the banks of the St. Marys (which separated Florida from Georgia). They decided to act on the Florida question immediately and moved against the Spanish.
--Brock-Perry
Even before the war started there was a movement to form the Republic of Florida along the banks of the St. Marys (which separated Florida from Georgia). They decided to act on the Florida question immediately and moved against the Spanish.
--Brock-Perry
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