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British Florida

British Florida

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Social Studies

4th Grade

Hard

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Taryn Carberry

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British Florida

by Andre Holness

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British Florida

​Why did the British come to Florida

  • ​The British came to Florida in search of more land

    • ​Florida is bigger than all of England

  • The weather in Florida

    • ​Amount rainfall

    • ​The temperature

      • ​Warm, sunny winters

  • ​"Sun never sets on the British Empire"

    • ​They owned land all over the world

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Oglethorpe's Battle on the Castillo

  • Oglethorpe - Governor of Georgia

    • ​He attacks St. Augustine by land

    • ​British navy attacks by sea

  • ​Colonists of St. Augustine were safe for a little but they start to run out of food.

  • ​Spain sends supplies

  • ​Oglethorpe's soldiers retreat (return to their base) - he looses the battle

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French and Indian War

  • ​The British wanted to take land from the french and the Native American Indians

  • ​Native Americans and French they join forces and fight

  • ​The British won the war

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Florida - going, going, gone

  • ​Florida was a Spanish colony

    • ​Surrounded by French and British colonies

  • ​British make a deal to give Cuba back to Spain but they had to give up Florida

    • ​Spain agrees and England gains control over Florida

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Thats one big colony! Anyone for two ?

  • ​Florida was very big

  • ​They decide to separate it into East and West Florida

  • ​The boarder (line that divides the 2 colonies was at the Apalachicola River)

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Thats one big colony! Anyone for two ?

  • ​Florida was very big

  • ​They decide to separate it into East and West Florida

  • ​The boarder (line that divides the 2 colonies was at the Apalachicola River)

  • ​East Florida

    • ​Enslaved Africans who worked on Plantations

    • ​Governor was James Grant

    • ​Worked with the Creek and Seminole tribes

      • ​Treaty of Picolata - Colonists and American Indians would live together peacefully

  • ​West Florida

    • ​Capital - Pensacola

    • ​Governor - George Johnstone

    • ​Traded with Louisiana and made money

    • ​Colonists were difficult but after trade was set up, many wanted to move there

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Its a hard knock life

  • ​They wanted to trade with Mexico - No ships at port

  • ​They wanted to Farm - the land isnt good farming

  • ​Doctor - could work because ...

    • ​Many people were sick with yellow fever

British Florida

by Andre Holness

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