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  2. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first

  3. Seminole Wars - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Florida was established in the 1500s, when Spain laid claim to land explored by several expeditions across the future southeastern United States.The introduction of diseases to the indigenous peoples of Florida caused a steep decline in the original native population over the following century, and most of the remaining Apalachee and Tequesta peoples settled in a series of missions ...

  4. Vietnam Era - Wikipedia

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    For VA purposes, in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 38 Paragraph 3.2 (f), the Vietnam Era is "The period beginning on November 1, 1955, and ending on May 7, 1975, inclusive, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period. The period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975 ...

  5. History of Tampa, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida Historical Quarterly 49.4 (1971): 333–345. in JSTOR; Long, Durward. "Labor relations in the Tampa cigar industry, 1885–1911." Labor History 12.4 (1971): 551–559. Messenger, Stephen T. "The Trains Stop at Tampa: Port Mobilization During the Spanish–American War and the Evolution of Army Deployment Operations" Army History (2017 ...

  6. History of Jacksonville, Florida - Wikipedia

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    As part of the negotiations between the two nations in the aftermath of the war, Spain would cede Florida to Great Britain in exchange for the return of Cuba. The British agreed and Florida was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1763. The British soon constructed the King's Road connecting St. Augustine to Georgia.

  7. Florida in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Florida During the Civil War (University of Florida Press, 1963) Murphree, R. Boyd. "Florida and the Civil War: A Short History". Florida Memory. Nulty, William H. Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee (University of Alabama Press, 1994) Taylor, Paul. Discovering the Civil War in Florida: A Reader and Guide (2nd edition). Sarasota, Fl.

  8. List of colonial governors of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The colonial governors of Florida governed Florida during its colonial period (before 1821). The first European known to arrive there was Juan Ponce de León in 1513, but the governorship did not begin until 1565, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine and was declared Governor and Adelantado of Florida.

  9. 1st Florida Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    When the civil war erupted in 1861 Florida hastened to raise a regiment of infantry.On January 6, state militia occupied the Apalachicola Arsenal at Chattahoochee and the following day the Fort Marion in St. Augustine. on May 5, 1861, men from the counties of Leon, Alachua, Madison, Jefferson, Jackson, Franklin, Gadsden, and Escambia were mustered into state service as the 1st Florida Infantry ...