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Name: West Florida

Type: Polity

Start: 1763 AD

End: 1783 AD

Parent: great britain

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Great Britain established West and East Florida in 1763 out of land acquired from France and Spain after the French and Indian War.

Establishment


  • February 1763: Great Britain established West and East Florida in 1763 out of land acquired from France and Spain after the French and Indian War.
  • Chronology


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    1. Seven Years´ War


    Was a global conflict that involved most of the European great powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. At the end of the war the main winner was Great Britain, that obtained territories in North America, the Caribbean and India, becoming the most powerful maritime and colonial of the European powers.

    1.1.Treaty of Paris (1763)

    Was a treaty signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.


    2. American Revolutionary War


    Was the war of independence of the United States of America (at the time the Thirteen Colonies) against Great Britain.

    2.1.Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783)

    Was a war between Spain and Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

    2.1.1.North American Theatre (Anglo-Spanish War of 1779-1783)

    North American theatre of the Anglo-Spanish War (1779-1783).

  • September 1779: Battle of Baton Rouge. Spanish forces under Don Bernardo de Gálvez capture the remote British post at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • April 1780: Spanish conquest of Mobile, the Capital of British West Florida.
  • May 1781: The Spanish siege of Pensacola (1781) results in the occupation of the city.

  • 2.1.2.Treaty of Paris (1783)

    Was the treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain as well as various other related wars. The treaty set the boundaries between British North America and the United States.


    Disestablishment


  • January 1783: With the treaties that ended the American Revolutionary War, Spain retained West Florida and Menorca.
  • Selected Sources


  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.104
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.112
  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.142
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