State of Florida | |||||||||||||
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| 1810 | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
| Capital | St. Francisville | ||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
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• 1810 | Fulwar Skipwith | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Senate and House of Representatives | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | U.S. westward expansion | ||||||||||||
• Rebel capture of Fort San Carlos at Baton Rouge | September 23, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• Declaration of independence from Spain | September 26, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• Madison proclaims "possession should be taken"; sends Claiborne to do so | October 27, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• St. Francisville acquiesces to U.S. Army | December 6, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• Surrender of Baton Rouge to U.S. Army | December 10, 1810 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | United States ∟ Louisiana On July 17, 1821, Spain's governor of its West Florida province formally delivered it to U.S. General Andrew Jackson under the Adams–Onís Treaty.[1] | ||||||||||||
The Republic of West Florida (Spanish: República de Florida Occidental, French: République de Floride occidentale), officially the State of Florida, was a short-lived republic in the western region of Spanish West Florida for just over 2+1⁄2 months during 1810. It was annexed and occupied by the United States later in 1810; it subsequently became part of Eastern Louisiana.
- ^ Ireland, Gordon (1941). Boundaries, possessions, and conflicts in Central and North America and the Caribbean. New York: Octagon Books. p. 298.