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  2. Floridanos - Wikipedia

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    Floridanos (English: Floridians) is a term for colonial residents of the Spanish settlements in St. Augustine and Pensacola [1] who were born in Spanish Florida. [2] Descendants of the original Floridanos can be found throughout the state, especially in St. Augustine, [ 3 ] as well as in Miami , Tampa , and Orlando .

  3. 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.

  4. Minorcans of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Minorcans were contracted as indentured servants for a specified number of years, in exchange for land and freedom. Most of the workers believed that their contracts would end in 9 years, but Turnbull felt that the nine years began only after the plantation's debts had been paid.

  5. Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ, FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.

  6. The Floridas - Wikipedia

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    British West Florida and British East Florida (pink) from a 1767 map. Southern East Florida is not shown. The Baton Rouge and Mobile Districts of Spanish West Florida (red), claimed by the United States, spanned parts of three later states.

  7. List of people from Florida - Wikipedia

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    Name Notability Connection to Florida Elizabeth Ashley (1939–) : Film and television actress Born in Ocala [citation needed]: Angela Bassett (1958–) : Film and television actress

  8. Indigenous peoples of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous peoples of Florida lived in what is now known as Florida for more than 12,000 years before the time of first contact with Europeans. However, the indigenous Floridians living east of the Apalachicola River had largely died out by the early 18th century.

  9. Jane Landers - Wikipedia

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    She continued her research in Spain, then followed the documentary trail of the Mose settlers who had evacuated to Cuba with the Spanish Floridanos when Great Britain acquired Florida in 1763. [10] [11] She found many of them in 18th-century Catholic parish registers of Havana, Matanzas, Regla, Guanabacoa and San Miguel del Padrón. These ...