Florida Territory
This article is about the specific polity Florida Territory and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 30, 1822, until March 3, 1845, when it was admitted to the Union as the state of Florida. It originated from territories that were ceded to the United States by Spain as part of the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty.
Establishment
March 1822: The Territory of Florida was established in 1822, with William Pope Duval serving as the first governor. It was a significant step towards Florida eventually becoming a state in 1845.
Chronology
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1. Events
May 1832: U.S. treaty concluded at Payne's Landing (Florida) with the Seminole.
October 1832: U.S. treaty concluded at Tallahassee with the Appalachicola.
June 1833: U.S. treaty concluded at pope's Fayette county (Florida territory) with the Appalachicola and certain chiefs and warriors party of Florida.
March 1845: The Territory of Florida was admitted to the Union as the state of Florida.
Disestablishment
March 1845: The Territory of Florida was admitted to the Union as the state of Florida.
Selected Sources
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 734
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 736
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 748
