British Florida

British Florida

by Andre Holness

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

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• ​"Sun never sets on the British Empire"

  • ​They owned land all over the world

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

French and Indian War

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• ​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

Florida - going, going, gone

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• ​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 ?

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• ​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)

Thats one big colony! Anyone for two ?

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• ​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

Its a hard knock life

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• ​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