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1
Q

England is part of this island country

A

Great Britain

2
Q

The first permanent English settlement in North America

A

Jamestown in 1607

3
Q

Why was Spain concerned about English settlements along the eastern coast of North America?

A

Because the settlements were in the region that Spain claimed as Florida

4
Q

Describe the Castillo de San Marco

A

Big enough to hold 1500 people.
35 feet high and surrounded by a moat.
It was made out of stone because several of the word forts had been destroyed.

5
Q

Governor James Moore of Carolina wanted to claim Florida for this country

A

Britain

6
Q

The year that Britain went to war with Spain

A

1762

7
Q

During the war Britain took control of this Florida city and this important Spanish land

A

Pensacola, FL

Havana, Cuba

8
Q

What did France do when it lost the war?

A

France gave up the land and

9
Q

This treaty ended the war

A

The treaty of Paris of 1763

10
Q

The two natural boundaries of east Florida.

A

The Atlantic Ocean

the Apalachicola river

11
Q

The two natural boundaries of west Florida

A

The land between the Apalachicola

The Mississippi River

12
Q

Describe a plantation

A

A big house with a large plain with slaves working in the plantation that usually grows one crop

13
Q

The capital of East Florida

A

St Augustine

14
Q

The governor of East Florida

A

James Grant

15
Q

The capital of West Florida

A

Pensacola

16
Q

The governor of West Florida

A

Peter Chester

17
Q

Describe East Florida

A

More populated
Richer
Sold crops and was known for farming
St Augustine was the Capital

18
Q

The agreement that the governor of East Florida made with the Seminoles

A

He agreed to live on the east side of the Saint Johns River

19
Q

The year the Revolutionary War began

A

1776

20
Q

The side of the Revolutionary War that Florida supported

A

The Americans

21
Q

Wife of Zephaniah Kingsley

A

Anna Kingsley