US keeps all of the Louisiana Territory inc. Texas

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As part of a treaty with Spain, the United States gave up that land in exchange for Florida.

What if we didn't give it away and got Florida just for a cash payment instead? Texas is part of the U.S. early on without a fight with Mexico. What now?
 
Does this mean Napoleon didn't get the Louisiana Territory back or that Spain just decided to be super nice and give him Texas?
 
Not much of a sacrifice to give up claims without validity. No one was ever able to establish that when Spain returned Louisiana to France the decision was made to somehow throw Texas in as well.
 
It's just a minor border dispute. They had a few disagreements about what precisely was included in the territory called "Louisiana" that the Americans bought from the French. The Adams-Onis Treaty just served to come up with a border they could both agree on. Granted, this means that the US gave up some claims, but it was only a very small part of Texas, not the whole thing. Anyway, I don't think either side is going to care enough to go to war over it. Map from Wikipedia:

 
Actually, some claimed the Louisiana Territory included up to the Rio Grande - presposterous looking at a map now, knowing what riversheds made up the territory, but the French tried to claim the Rio and the Americans inhierted it. Indeed, Jackson tried to bash Adams later on by railing on why he ceded all that land.
 
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