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Since then Florida has had many waves of colonization and immigration, including French and Spanish settlement during the 16th century, as well as entry of new Native American groups migrating from elsewhere in the South, and free black people and fugitive slaves, who in the 19th century became allied with the Native Americans as Black Seminoles.
March 16: Richard K. Call is appointed Territorial Governor of Florida by Andrew Jackson. 1837: Fort Ann was established on the eastern shore of the Indian River in what is now Brevard County. 1838 January 26: Calhoun County is established. 1839 December 2: Robert R. Reid is appointed territorial governor of Florida by Martin Van Buren.
The Floridas (Spanish: Las Floridas) was a region of the southeastern United States comprising the historical colonies of East Florida and West Florida. They were created when England obtained Florida in 1763 (see British Florida), and found it so awkward in geography that she split it in two. The borders of East and West Florida varied.
The big-picture analysis by the Florida Atlantic University — which examined data from annual maps from 1985 to 2015 — revealed how urban ... Florida cities grew and grew. Then came the ...
Florida has long been solidly red at the state level as Republicans built a now more than 1 million person voter registration advantage, and they remain firmly in control of nearly every lever of ...
In 1992, Florida was the site of what was then the costliest weather disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Andrew, which caused more than $25 billion in damages when it struck during August; it held that distinction until 2005, when Hurricane Katrina surpassed it, and it has since been surpassed by six other hurricanes. Andrew is the second ...
And Donald Trump carried Florida in 2016. Then came 2020, when Trump carried Florida, but lost nationwide. ... now has a conservative majority that’s far less likely to overturn laws passed by ...
In 1821, all of modern Florida was transferred to the United States, which paid Spain for the territory. Residents voted to become part of Alabama. But, officials in Florida and the US determined that Pensacola, then the largest city and most important port, would remain as part of the new Florida Territory of the United States. This ...