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1513
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3
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Ponce de Leon lands on Florida east coast somewhere between Jacksonville and St. Augustine.
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1516 - 1542
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3
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Spanish exploration expeditions by Ponce de Leon, Miruelo, Pineda, Narvaez and De Soto.
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1558 - 1559
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2
3
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De Luna attempts to establish a permanent Spanish settlement at Pensacola.
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1560
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2
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A Hurricane nearly wipes out the colony. The settlement is then abandoned.
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1562
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3
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French attempt to establish a Huguenot settlement at Port Royal.
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1564
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3
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Rene de Laudoniere of France builds Ft. Caroline near the mouth of the St. Johns River
and establishes a Huguenot colony.
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1565
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3
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles founds St. Augustine.
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1565
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3
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles captures Ft Caroline, massacres the French settlers, and
renames the fort San Mateo.
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1568
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3
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France avenges the Ft Caroline massacre by sending Dominique De Gourgues
to massacre the Spanish garrison at San Mateo.
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1586
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3
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English adventurer Sir Francis Drake attacks St. Augustine. He succeeds
in burning the settlement.
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1679
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3
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Spanish build fort (SanMarcos de Apalache) at junction of St Marks and Wakulla rivers.
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1682
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2
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Rene de la Salle attempts to create a French colony at Pensacola, but it fails shortly thereafter.
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1698
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2
3
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Spanish re-establish Pensacola to counter French encroachment on Western Florida.
Under command of Andrew d'Arriola a military expedition of 357 men occupied the
former settlement.
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1702
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3
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James Moore, British Governor of South Carolina, besieges St. Augustine
but fails to capture the fortification.
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1719
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3
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Pensacola captured by the French. Recaptured by the Spanish, then captured again by the French.
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1723
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3
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Spain and France sign a peace treaty. Pensacola is restored to Spain.
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1740
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3
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British again unsuccessfully besieges St. Augustine. This time by General
James Oglethorpe, Governor of the colony of Georgia.
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1756
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3
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Start of the Seven Years War between Britain and Spain.
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1763
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3
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During the Seven Years War, England captures Havana. Spain trades Forida to Britain
to regain Havana.
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1763 - 1776
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3
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The British establish plantations in Florida.
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1776 - 1780
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3
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Florida does not join in the American Revoltion. It becomes a haven for loyalists
who have been driven out of the American colonies.
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1783
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3
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The British return Florida to the Spanish in return for the Bahamas and Gibralter.
Most of the British settlers evacuate.
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1795
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3
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The Pinkney Treaty between Spain and the United States. It set the northern boundary
of Florida at the 31st parallel.
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1800
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3
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During the Napoleonic wars, Spain cedes its claim to the Louisiana Territory to France.
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1803
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3
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Louisiana Purchase. The United States lays claim to western Florida. Spain is too weak
to do anything about it.
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