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Beginning in the 1630s, a series of missions stretching from St. Augustine to the Florida panhandle supplied St. Augustine with maize and other food crops, and the Spaniards required Apalachees who lived at the missions to send workers to St. Augustine every year to perform labor in the town.
In the 1630s, missionaries turned to the Apalachee in the Panhandle. In south Florida, despite several attempts by missionaries, the Indigenous tribes rejected conversion. South Florida. In 1697, the Franciscans sought to build a mission among the Calusa who lived in southwest Florida.
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1497-1514Europeans see Florida for the first time. A Spanish map of 1502 depicts a peninsula like Florida. Peter Martyr writes in 1514 of a land near the Bahamas with water of eternal youth.
1513- In 1513, Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon became the European to explore Florida. He claimed the region for Spain but was unable to establish a colony due to Indian attacks. 1539- Hernando de Soto landed in the Tampa Bay. He explored central and northern Florida on his way to the Mississippi River. 1542- De Soto died near the Mississippi River. Su...
1763- Britain gained control of Florida in 1763 in exchange for Havana, Cuba, which the British had captured from Spain during the Seven Years' War (1756-63). Spain evacuated Florida after the exchange, leaving the province virtually empty. At that time, St. Augustine was still a garrison community with fewer than five hundred houses, and Pensacola...
1812- During the War of 1812, Spain allowed Britain to use Pensacola as a naval base. 1814- American troops captured the base in Pensacola. 1818- On one of those military operations, in 1818, General Andrew Jackson made a foray into Florida. Jackson's battles with Florida's Indian people later would be called the First Seminole War. 1821- Andrew Ja...
1912- Florida grew immensely during the early 1900s. Railroads expanded to Key West in 1912, opening new land for development. Swamps were drained and the growing tourist industry attracted people from all over the world. Citrus groves expanded throughout northern and south-central parts of the state. Florida's population grew considerably at this ...
2000- 1. Six-year old Elian Gonzalez taken from relatives' home by federal officers; reunited with his father and returned to Cuba; 2. Florida Supreme Court ordered recount of presidential election ballots, George Bush declared winner 2001- 1. Racer Dale Earnhardt killed in accident at Daytona 500 2. anthrax bacteria found at offices of Florida mag...
Jan 20, 2022 · The Franciscans also built a monastery (convento) a short distance south of St. Augustine in 1588. The convento and its chapel were destroyed in the fire of 1599, and remained in ruins until 1603.
Aug 7, 2019 · As a peninsulare governor of Florida from 1633 to 1638, Horruytiner approved the advance of mission evangelization into the Apalachee mission province, and, not coincidentally, a shipping port on the Gulf of Mexico.
March 30: Florida Territory is organized combining East Florida and West Florida. April 17: Florida's first civilian governor, William Pope Duval takes office. August 12: Jackson and Duval County, Florida's first two counties are formed. 1824: Florida's first true lighthouse built in St. Augustine.
Overview. When the London Company sent out its first expedition to begin colonizing Virginia on December 20, 1606, it was by no means the first European attempt to exploit North America. In 1564, for example, French Protestants (Huguenots) built a colony near what is now Jacksonville, Florida.
