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1513
Ponce de Leon lands in Florida, and names the land "La Florida"
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1521
Ponce de Leon returns with 200 men, he tries to colonize, but fails because of attacks by the natives.
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1539
Hernando de Soto and his men went to Florida to search for precious metals.
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1542
Hernando de Soto died, the surviving men from his crew reached Mexico. They never found any precius metals.
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1559
Tristan de Luna tried to colonize Florida, but as the men before them, he failed.
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1562
Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere (French) and his men established a fort in the mouth of present-day Jacksonville.
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1565
Pedro Menendez (Spanish) established a Fort called San Augustin, and conquered Fort Caroline.
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Sir Francis Drake (English), looted and burned St. Augustine.
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The English established their colonies at the north of Jamestown (later known as Virginia).
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The Carolinas and the Creeks (Indians) attacked Spanish Florida, and destroyed the town St. Augustine.
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The French captured the town Pensacola.
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Georgia attacks Spanish forts in Florida
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Spain trades all of their forts in Florida, in exchange of Havana and Cuba with Britain.
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Spain regains control of Florida.
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Florida gets filled with Americans, and Spain gives the territory to the United States.
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Tallahassee becomes the capital of Florida
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Seminole war begins
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Seminole war ends
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Florida became the 27th state of the United States.
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Florida joined other southern states to form the Confederate States of America
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The federal government starts the reconstruction program in Florida, and other southern states.
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The Spanish-American War began.
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Women gain the right to vote
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Florida´s economy burst.