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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Hiro Matsuda → workedInTerritory → Florida territory ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
Dade’s Battle → countryAtTime → United States Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
Dade’s Massacre → state → Florida Territory ⓘ
U.S. claimed victory → geographicalContext → Florida Territory ⓘ
Battle near Lake Monroe → historicalRegion → Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
William Pope Duval → residence → Florida Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor Duval
1840 United States census → includesTerritory → Florida Territory ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida → appliesToJurisdiction → Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida → legislativeBodyFor → Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Territory of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Territory
Richard K. Call → residence → Florida Territory ⓘ