Florida Territory

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Florida Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1822 to 1845, bridging the period between Spanish colonial rule and Florida’s admission as a U.S. state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States
admissionOfSuccessorState Florida
capital Tallahassee
capitalMovedTo Tallahassee
capitalMoveYear 1824
continent North America
country United States of America
dissolved March 3, 1845
endTime 1845
establishedBy United States Congress
ethnicGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

European Americans
linked to: European American

Seminole
flag Flag of the Florida Territory
linked to: Flag of Florida
followedBy State of Florida
linked to: Florida
governingDocument Organic Act of 1822
hasCapitalUntil Pensacola
linked to: Pensacola, Florida

St. Augustine
hasPart East Florida
West Florida
headOfGovernment Governor of Florida Territory
historyOfTopic History of Florida
inception March 30, 1822
languageUsed English
legislativeBody Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Southeastern United States
namedAfter Feast of Flowers
linked to: Feria de las Flores

La Florida
officialLanguage English
partOf American frontier
Antebellum United States
linked to: Antebellum period

United States of America
precededBy East Florida
Spanish Florida
West Florida
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
replacedBy State of Florida
linked to: Florida
sharesBorderWith Alabama
Atlantic Ocean
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
significantEvent Second Seminole War
Seminole removal
linked to: Seminole Wars

Third Seminole War
sovereignState United States of America
startTime 1822
successorStateAdmittedToUnionOn March 3, 1845
territorialStatus incorporated
organized

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East Florida successor Florida Territory
George Walton Jr. workLocation Florida Territory
George Walton Jr. jurisdiction Florida Territory
George Walton Jr. residence Florida Territory
William Pope Duval jurisdictionGoverned Florida Territory
William Pope Duval residence Florida Territory
Seminole Wars location Florida Territory
Florida militia operatedIn Florida Territory
Micanopy historicalRegion Territory of Florida
linked to: Florida Territory
Jumper historicalRegion Territory of Florida
linked to: Florida Territory
Battle of Lake Okeechobee location Florida Territory
Black Seminoles locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Territory of Florida
linked to: Florida Territory
Alligator region Florida Territory
Mosquito County, Florida locatedIn Florida Territory
Battle of Withlacoochee theater Florida Territory
Battle of Withlacoochee territorialStatusAtTime Florida Territory of the United States
linked to: Florida Territory
Mosquito County locatedIn Florida Territory
Bowlegs historicalRegion Territory of Florida
linked to: Florida Territory