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'''[[Florida]]'''
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'''Early Florida and Pirate Age'''
*'''1565''': San Agustin was established (soon to be capital)
*'''1690s''': Conflicting claims between the Dutch and the Spanish on the norther side of Florida
*'''1700s-1730''': Small wars between indigenous groups on the outskirts of Florida, proxy war between Dutch and SPanish.
*'''1708''': Spanish offered land grants to settlers, these settlers imported indentured servants, mostly minor criminals from northern Spain (Galicia, Basque county, Asturias, Leon).
*'''1720-1750''': the Spanish fought a series of wars to rid of Florida of these pirates (who now fashioned themselves as 'The 2nd Pirate Republic' in the southern regions).
*'''1726-1735''': Spanish moved 2000 Canary Islanders (known as Isleños) to settle the gulf coast.
*'''1750''': Spain negotiated with the four infamous "Pirate Lords": Jim "King Andrew" Briggs, Catherine Kelly, One-eye Ned Jacobszoon, "El Lobo" Bortholomew Jones, hired the pirates in exchange for clemency for their crimes.
*'''Late 1700s''': the SPanish imported Filipino fishermen and army deserters to the western border with Tussenland.
'''19th century'''
*'''1800-1840''': sugar and cotton plantations increased. Florida was starting to return a profit.
*'''1810''': the Spanish undertook the last of the Muscogee or Creek wars to pacify the natives in the interior of the colony
*'''1813''': the pacification of natives led to the 1813 Treaty of San Agustin in which the Spanish gave the Muscogee & Creek rights to part of their historic land in the interior of the colony in exchange for becoming citizens and adopting Catholicism.
*'''1819''': Due to Florida's success, it turned Florida from a captaincy general to direct control of the crown.
*'''1842''': Slavery is made illegal in Florida.
*'''1850-1855''': 2nd Dutch-Spanish War: Florida expanded, they gain eastern florida.
*'''1855-1890''': Florida instituted sharecropping in the new eastern territories.
*'''1872-1878''': Communard Wars in Spain. Lots of spanish elites flee to Florida, leading to a surge of wealth.
*'''1883''': Florida granted popular sovreignity as Royal Dominions (due to fears of losing one of the most profitable colonies left). Along with Cuba and Puerto Rico. This benefited the elite of Florida more, though.
'''20th century'''
*Everglades War and Floridan Independence
*'''1923''': Rebels committee known as El Comité de Campesino Pobre de Florida demaded reforms and a new constitution for Florida. Governor Fernando Macías rejected this. Spain sent troops to supress the rebellion.
*'''1924''': Mexico and South Tussenland supported the rebels and the rebel ideoology shifted to republicanism.
*'''1925''': New Netherland supported Spain (fearing a Mexican puppet forming in Florida).
*'''1927''': Historic port of Santa Cruz fell to the rebels. On April 12, the Spanish withdrew from Florida.
*'''1927''': Florida becomes independent.
'''[[Mexico]]'''
* ✔️ '''(Needs writeup on wiki page)''' Territorial gains in the 1850 [[2nd Dutch-Spanish War]]. Also the page is blank.
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