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  2. Confederation period - Wikipedia

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    The term "critical period" thus implicitly accepts the Federalist critique of the Articles of Confederation. Other historians have used an alternative term, the "Confederation Period", to describe U.S. history between 1781 and 1789. [127] Historians such as Forrest McDonald have argued that the 1780s were a time of economic and political chaos.

  3. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.

  4. List of Confederate states by date of admission to the ...

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    Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...

  5. Confederate States of America - Wikipedia

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    Map of the county secession votes of 1860–1861 in Appalachia within the ARC definition. Virginia and Tennessee show the public votes, while the other states show the vote by county delegates to the conventions. Unionism—opposition to the Confederacy—was strong in certain areas within the Confederate States.

  6. Florida - Wikipedia

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    Until the mid-20th century, Florida was the least-populous state in the southern United States. In 1900, its population was only 528,542, of whom nearly 44% were African American, the same proportion as before the Civil War. [57] Forty thousand blacks, roughly one-fifth of their 1900 population levels in Florida, left the state in the Great ...

  7. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    At the time, there were state legislators who argued that the Constitution was not an alteration of the Articles of Confederation, but rather would be a complete replacement so the unanimity rule did not apply. [49] Moreover, the Confederation had proven woefully inadequate and therefore was supposedly no longer binding. [49]

  8. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Corn Islands were leased from Nicaragua for a period of 99 years; however, this was not a full transfer of sovereignty, and the islands were never administered as an insular area. [363] no change to map: May 1, 1915 The borders of the Panama Canal Zone were explicitly defined. Whereas the original definition was a simple corridor ...

  9. Category:History of Florida by period - Wikipedia

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