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Chapters:

  1. 1492-1561
  2. 1562-1669
  3. 1670-1736
  4. 1737-1778
  5. 1779-1811
  6. 1812-1888
  7. 1889-Present
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1779-81

 Spain joins war against Great Britain. St. Augustine-based troops help defend Savannah against the French and Americans.
1780-81


 British capture Charleston, and three signers of the Declaration of Independence and South Carolina's lieutenant governors are sent to St. Augustine as prisoners.
1781

 West Florida falls to Spanish forces. St. Augustine elects House of Commons.
1783


 Peace of Paris recognizes the Independence of the United States and returns Florida to Spain in exchange for the Bahamas Islands.
1784 Spain re-occupies Florida
1789

 The American Constitution is ratified. French Revolution begins and evolves into a 25 year European War.
1790 Spain allows American settlers to immigrate into Florida.
1793 Construction begins on the St. Augustine Cathedral.
1795

 French-financed Georgians fail to subvert East Florida. The Spanish make a separate peace with France.
1796

 Spain and the France agree to Treaty of San Ildefonso providing for friendly relations. Spain declares war on Britain.
1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France
1802

 Treaty of Amiens brings peace temporarily among France, Spain, England, and the Batavian Republic (Netherlands)
1803

 United States purchases Louisiana from France believing the land includes West Florida, west of the Perdido River.
1804



 Spain's failure to compensate Americans for vessels seized by privateers originates the U.S. argument that a shortage has been acquired on the Floridas east of Perdido River, and that Spain could neither give nor sell the land to anyone except the U.S.
1810

 U.S. occupies West Florida between the Mississippi and Perdido River, except places occupied by the Spanish.
1811


 U.S. Congress secretly authorizes the President to occupy Florida east of Perdido River to prevent seizure by a foreign power.
 
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