Unsuccessfully looked for riches in Florida, but found only death and misery. After a failed attempt to float away on rafts, only 4 members of his expedition survived. They ended up walking to Mexico City.

Tried to establish a Spanish colony at Pensacola before the colony of St. Augustine was established, but was hindered by a hurricane.

French explorer who lead an expedition to the Jacksonville area, building Fort Caroline and renaming the St. Johns as "The River of May."

Spanish General sent to remove the French settlement from Florida. Responsible for the massacre of the French at Fort Caroline.

This nation almost squeezed into Florida, but was chased out by the Spanish who slaughtered them on the Matanzas river.

One important priority of the Spanish Empire was to support

The fort in St. Augustine (Castillo de San Marcos) was built with a mixture of seashells known as...

This fort in St. Augustine took 23 years to build and was never conquered

English explorer/pirate who was sent by Queen Elizabeth I to raid Spanish ships/settlements for gold. He attacked and burned St. Augustine in 1586..

Governor of British Carolina, he attacked the Castillo de San Marcos & burned down St. Augustine in 1702. He also attacked and burned Spanish Florida's missions, capturing natives for the slave trade.

This free black settlement for escaped slaves was established near St. Augustine during FIRST SPANISH RULE in Florida.

During the FIRST SPANISH RULE Florida experienced MULTIPLE attacks from this country.

Governor of Georgia colony who attacked St. Augustine in 1740. They took Fort Mose - but were defeated by the Spanish and Black regiments who ambushed them a few days later at the Battle of Bloody Mose. Before he retreated, he burned down St. Augustine.

During British rule, Florida was divided into these sections:

During the American Revolution, Florida was ruled by this country.

When they lost the Revolutionary War, the British returned Florida to this country

(AKA as the second Revolutionary War) It was a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France. U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson seized Florida and at one point the British managed to invade and burn Washington, D.C.; The Treaty of Ghent required the U.S. to give back Florida, unknown to Andrew Jackson, who defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans two weeks later.

AKA the Other War of 1812; a private army of Americans (with Madison's secret support) tried to seize East Florida from Spain; started as a settlers' rebellion, but led to a war; never got support from Senate, so Madison withdrew his support

Under the Second Spanish Rule, a big problem in Florida was its poorly defined....

This fort was built by the British during the War of 1812, then left for the use of African Americans who had escaped slavery in the Spanish colony of Florida and their Seminole allies. It was destroyed by Andrew Jackson in 1816.

Under the Second Spanish Rule, Florida had become a haven for these

This conflict started after Andrew Jackson invaded the Florida panhandle in pursuit of natives.

He was a Seminole leader during the First Seminole War; His village became Tallahassee

This started after the Indian Removal Act and the Treaty of Payne's Landing; The first violence in this war was the Dade's Massacre.

These were Seminole leaders during the Second Seminole War.

This was fought mostly in the Everglades. The US declared this war at an end because it was 'unwinnable' in 1858, leaving behind a remnant of UNCONQUERED people. It resulted in a Seminole Reservation in the Everglades

He was a Seminole leader during the Third Seminole War

He crossed into Florida to fight Seminoles and the British under orders from President Monroe, who later denied he gave the order.

This document, signed in 1819, set the terms under which Spain would give Florida to the United States.

This 1823 agreement relocated Florida's Seminole Indians to a reservation in Central Florida.

In this agreement made in 1832, the Seminoles agreed to cede tribal lands in Florida for land in Indian territory;

He became Territorial Florida's first military governor

Florida's first Territorial Governor. A large county is named after him.

The early economy of the Florida territory was based on these:

This city was chosen as the capital in 1824 after the disastrous decision to have two capitals did not work out. Its beauty and central location made it a good choice, despite the fact that it belonged to the Seminoles.

This document, passed under the Presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1830, ordered that all Native Americans be removed from land east of the Mississippi River. This lead to the Seminoles being moved to Oklahoma.

His mother was a Creek Indian and his white father named him Billy Powell. He would become a Seminole war leader.

US General who captures Osceola under the flag of truce.

This nation ruled Florida first and third.

This issue, important to Florida plantation owners, causes a great deal of conflict throughout Florida's history.