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The Floridas (Spanish: Las Floridas) was a region of the southeastern United States comprising the historical colonies of East Florida and West Florida. They were created when England obtained Florida in 1763 (see British Florida), and found it so awkward in geography that she split it in two. The borders of East and West Florida varied.
The expanded West Florida territory in 1767. In 1763, Spain traded Florida to the Kingdom of Great Britain for control of Havana, Cuba, which had been captured by the British during the Seven Years' War. It was part of a large expansion of British territory following the country's victory in the Seven Years' War. Almost the entire Spanish ...
On March 30, 1822, the United States merged East Florida and part of what formerly constituted West Florida into the Florida Territory. [10] William Pope Duval became the first official governor of the Florida Territory and soon afterward the capital was established at Tallahassee, but only after removing a Seminole tribe from the land.
There are currently 15 Commonwealth realms scattered across three continents (nine in North America, five in Oceania, and one in Europe), with a combined area of 18.7 million km 2 (7.2 million sq mi) [note 1] (excluding the Antarctic claims which would raise the figure to 26.8 million km 2 (10.3 million sq mi)) and a population of more than 150 million.
East Florida (Spanish: Florida Oriental) was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821. The British gained control over Spanish Florida in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War.
This is a list of territories and polities that have been considered colonies. ... British America. British West Florida; ... with Overseas Countries and Territories ...
British Overseas Territory: Bermuda BMU English: Bermuda Portuguese: Bermudas: Hamilton: 64,185 53.3 km 2 (21 sq mi) Bermudian dollar: British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands VGB English: Virgin Islands: Road Town: 31,122 153 km 2 (59 sq mi) United States dollar: Cayman Islands CYM English: Cayman Islands: George Town: 68,136 262 km 2 (101 sq mi ...
In the British period West Florida's northern border was initially set at the 31st parallel north but was moved to 32° 28′ in 1767 [2]: 2 in order to give the West Floridians more territory, including the Natchez District and the Tombigbee District. Spain insisted that its West Florida claim extended fully to 32° 28′, but the United ...