British Florida Flashcards
England is part of this island country
Great Britain
The first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown in 1607
Why was Spain concerned about English settlements along the eastern coast of North America?
Because the settlements were in the region that Spain claimed as Florida
Describe the Castillo de San Marco
Big enough to hold 1500 people.
35 feet high and surrounded by a moat.
It was made out of stone because several of the word forts had been destroyed.
Governor James Moore of Carolina wanted to claim Florida for this country
Britain
The year that Britain went to war with Spain
1762
During the war Britain took control of this Florida city and this important Spanish land
Pensacola, FL
Havana, Cuba
What did France do when it lost the war?
France gave up the land and
This treaty ended the war
The treaty of Paris of 1763
The two natural boundaries of east Florida.
The Atlantic Ocean
the Apalachicola river
The two natural boundaries of west Florida
The land between the Apalachicola
The Mississippi River
Describe a plantation
A big house with a large plain with slaves working in the plantation that usually grows one crop
The capital of East Florida
St Augustine
The governor of East Florida
James Grant
The capital of West Florida
Pensacola
