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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 .
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.
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.
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 textual records.
1821 February 22: Spain officially cedes Florida (already under American occupation) to United States as part of the Adams–Onís Treaty. March 10: Andrew Jackson is appointed military governor of Florida by James Monroe being the first American governor.
Eligio de la Puente House in St. Augustine, Florida, !855. De la Puente was born in St. Augustine on 1 July 1724, the third of eight children. His parents were Antonio Nicolás Eligio de la Puente, a native of Havana, Cuba, and Agustina Regidor, whose family had lived in St. Augustine for many years.
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.
Jane Gilmer Landers (born January 1, 1947) [1] is an historian of colonial Latin America and the Atlantic World who specializes in the history of Africans and their descendants. She is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History at Vanderbilt University , director of the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, and former ...