Prior to 1819, the United States shared a southern border with which Spanish colony that was then purchased by James Monroe in 1819?

Between 1795 and 1819, the United States and Spain shared a border between Georgia and Florida respectively, that ran west to the Mississippi river. In 1819, James Monroe purchased the territory from Spain for $5 million. Some of the land that was then in West Florida became part of modern Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

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