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  2. East Florida - Wikipedia

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    The British tried to encourage settlement in East and West Florida, thinking it would take pressure off the proclamation line that colonists in the northern British colonies wanted to move beyond. However, this plan was generally unsuccessful as many of those who got land grants did not end up settling on those lands. [ 11 ]

  3. Kingsley Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Under British rule in 1765, a plantation was established that cycled through several owners while Florida was transferred back to Spain and then the United States. The longest span of ownership was under Kingsley and his family, a polygamous and multiracial household controlled by and resistant to the issues of race and slavery .

  4. List of active settlement houses - Wikipedia

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    British Columbia: Canada [4] Barton Hill Settlement: Bristol: England [5] Benton House: Chicago, Illinois: United States [6] Bethany House of Laredo: Laredo, Texas: United States [7] Blackfriars Settlement (formerly Women's University Settlement) Blackfriars, London: England [8] BronxWorks: Bronx, New York: United States Cabbage Patch ...

  5. Prospect Bluff Historic Sites - Wikipedia

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    The river was the boundary between East Florida and West Florida during the British Florida period (1763–1783) and the second Spanish Florida period (1783–1821). By modern land route it is 198 miles (319 km) from Pensacola and 271 miles (436 km) from St. Augustine .

  6. List of National Historic Landmarks in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The National Historic Landmarks in Florida are representations of a broad sweep of history from Pre-Columbian times, through the Second Seminole War and Civil War, and the Space Age. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Florida , [ 1 ] which are located in twenty-two of the state's sixty-seven counties .

  7. Shipwreck discovered at bottom of Florida Keys is revealed to ...

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    The remains of a 300-year-old British warship found 30 years ago in the waters off Florida have finally been identified as belonging to HMS Tyger by US archaeologists.

  8. British West Florida - Wikipedia

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    British West Florida was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1763 until 1783, when it was ceded to Spain as part of the Peace of Paris. British West Florida comprised parts of the modern U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Effective British control ended in 1781 when Spain captured Pensacola.

  9. Vessel off Florida Keys identified as British warship that ...

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    A wrecked seagoing vessel discovered decades ago off the Florida Keys has recently been identified as a British warship that sank in the 18th century. National Park Service archaeologists used new ...