Mobile Act
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was ceded to Spain from Great Britain in 1781, and was contested by the United States in the early 19th century The Mobile Act was the popular name of a bill signed into law in early 1804 by United States President Thomas Jefferson. The law defined revenue boundaries for the newly acquired territories that the United States had gained from its purchase of La Louisiane from France. The act anticipated that Mobile would be designated as a port of entry for a new revenue district. Mobile was, however, at the time a part of the Spanish province of West Florida.
was ceded to Spain from Great Britain in 1781, and was contested by the United States in the early 19th century The Mobile Act was the popular name of a bill signed into law in early 1804 by United States President Thomas Jefferson. The law defined revenue boundaries for the newly acquired territories that the United States had gained from its purchase of La Louisiane from France. The act anticipated that Mobile would be designated as a port of entry for a new revenue district. Mobile was, however, at the time a part of the Spanish province of West Florida.
Background
Following the Louisiana Purchase from France, the U.S. had quickly established the Louisiana and Orleans Territories. President Jefferson displayed an active interest in the area to the east of New Orleans, the Spanish province of West Florida (which included the "Florida Parishes" and the area surrounding the mouth of the Mobile River in today's state of Alabama). The U.S. claimed that the purchase was based on the former boundaries of French Louisiana as they existed in 1762, which included all the lands west of the Perdido River (today the boundary between Alabama and Florida). Spain, however, disagreed with this position because the purchase treaty specified the boundaries of Louisiana as France possessed it and as Spain received it, p. 48 which occurred in 1769 when Spain took title to and possession of Louisiana, during the time that West Florida was a British colony. Contesting and strongly objecting to the U.S. position, Spain, with France's backing, continued to exercise control over its West Florida province. p. 109–118
See also
West Florida Controversy
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