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An 18th-century map of Florida. This is a timeline of the U.S. state of Florida. Pre-European. 15,405–14,146 BC: Page-Ladson site. ... Timeline of Florida history.
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.
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 ...
The Territory of Florida was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 30, 1822, [1] until March 3, 1845, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Florida.
The State of Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. It seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861, [38] and joined the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861, [39] as a founding member. Following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Third Military District. [40] Florida was readmitted to the Union on ...
A State of Florida historical marker honoring Father James Page, the founder of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, was unveiled Thursday morning.
The Florida Historical Quarterly; Florida land boom of the 1920s; Florida Legislative Investigation Committee; Florida Memory; Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968; Florida tourism industry; Floridiana; Forest Capital Museum State Park
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