West Florida

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West Florida was a short-lived British colonial province along the Gulf Coast, carved from former Spanish territory after the Seven Years’ War and later divided between the United States and Spain.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial province
former colony
borderedBy East Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Province of Georgia
capital Pensacola
linked to: Pensacola, Florida
capturedBy Spain during the American Revolutionary War
cededByTreaty Treaty of Paris (1783)
cededTo Spain
conflict American Revolutionary War
continent North America
country Kingdom of Great Britain
dividedBetween Spain
United States
economyBasedOn cattle ranching
plantation agriculture
timber trade
endTime 1783
establishedAfter Seven Years' War
establishedBy Treaty of Paris (1763)
firstGovernor George Johnstone
follows Spanish Florida
governingBody Governor and Council of West Florida
linked to: West Florida
historyPeriod 18th century
locatedInPresentDay Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
locatedOn Gulf Coast of the United States
majorBattle Siege of Pensacola (1781)
namedAfter Florida
northernBoundaryExtendedTo 32°28′ north latitude
originalNorthernBoundary 31st parallel north
partOf British America
Spanish Empire
predecessor Spanish Florida
religionOfficial Protestantism
relinquishedBy Kingdom of Great Britain
significantPort Mobile
Pensacola
linked to: Pensacola, Florida
startTime 1763
subsequentEntity Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
successor Mississippi Territory
Spanish West Florida
linked to: Spanish Florida

State of Alabama
linked to: Alabama

State of Florida
linked to: Florida

State of Louisiana
linked to: Louisiana

State of Mississippi
Territory of Orleans
usedLegalSystem English common law

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Adelantado of Florida appliesToJurisdiction La Florida
linked to: West Florida
War of Jenkins' Ear location Florida (Spanish colony)
linked to: West Florida
Mobile, Alabama partOf Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Mobile, Alabama partOf British West Florida
linked to: West Florida
British America hasPart West Florida
East Florida borderedBy West Florida
West Florida subsequentEntity Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
West Florida governingBody Governor and Council of West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Gulf Coast theater of the War of 1812 geographicScope West Florida region
linked to: West Florida
Montfort Browne residence West Florida
Baron François-Louis de Carondelet territoryGoverned Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Alabama Territory borderedBy Spanish West Florida (to the south)
linked to: West Florida
Spanish Louisiana borderedBy British West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Spanish Florida hasPart West Florida
Adams–Onís Treaty cededTerritory West Florida
Siege of Pensacola (1781) location West Florida
Siege of Pensacola (1781) belligerent British West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Mississippi Territory followed British West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Mississippi Territory followed Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Mississippi Territory hasBorderWith Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
Florida Territory precededBy West Florida
Florida Territory hasPart West Florida
Territory of Orleans borderedBy Spanish West Florida
linked to: West Florida
La Florida followedBy British West Florida
linked to: West Florida