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England decided to utilize Florida as a staging area for British troops assigned to the South. Florida's warm climate would acclimate British forces to the American heat, and Florida could develop supplies for the British military.
Schwartz, Susan. “James Grant, British East Florida, and the Impending Imperial Crisis, 1764- 1771” The Florida Historical Quarterly: 500 Years of Florida History-The Eighteenth Century, Vol. 93, No 3 (Winter 2015): 327-353. Explanation of Governor James Grant’s role in establishing the East Florida colony. Smith, Roger.
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July 1, 2010 - 6:00pm. As the nation celebrates the 234 th anniversary of independence this Fourth of July weekend, Floridians can look back at the strange and almost entirely forgotten role...
Florida remained loyal to England and King George III throughout the conflict. The last naval battle of the American Revolution took place off of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. Two American ships, the Alliance and the Duc de Lauzun, were on a mission to bring 72,000 Spanish silver.
A description of the English province of Carolana, by the Spanish call’d Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. London, 1722. In 1698, English physician Daniel Coxe acquired title to a vast tract of land in the southeast, encompassing pretty much everything from Florida to the Mississippi River, as shown on this map.
Mar 14, 1976 · Under those ancient limbs, the British met with Indian representatives on Dec. 4, 1775, to negotiate one of the treaties that added Indian manpower to the meager forces guarding the Floridas ...
The Spaniards established Catholic missions among the Apalachee and Timucua Indians. During the 1600s, many Florida Indians died of diseases. In the 1700s, Spanish Florida was attacked several times by English and French forces. The missions were destroyed, and many Indians were killed or enslaved. Later, Indians from the Carolinas and Georgia ...
