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As a result of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Spain relinquished Florida, a land it had possessed for over 200 years, to the British. With revolution imminent, Britain set about populating its two new colonies of East and West Florida with loyal British Tories, ultimately turning St. Augustine into a southern American headquarters for British interests. This volume details the British occupation of colonial Florida immediately before and during the American Revolution with emphasis on the effect this possession had on the course of the war. Beginning with a brief summary of Spanish history, it takes a look at the relative colonial positions of Spain and Britain with regard to the Americas during the pre-revolutionary period. The Georgia-Florida border dispute, the invasion of East Florida and the eventual return of the Spaniards are also discussed. Finally, an appendix details St. Augustine buildings from the revolutionary period which are still standing today.
In 1763 Great Britain organized the colony of East Florida, which formed the entirety of what is now the state of Florida east of the Apalachicola River. Today, the history of East Florida is seldom studied, relegated to the outskirts of Colonial and Revolutionary Era literature, if the colony is mentioned at all. Such relegation leads many to assume that nothing significant must have happened there, but nothing is further from the truth. In 1775, a violent border war erupted between East Florida and the state of Georgia; two noteworthy Revolutionary War battles were fought on East Florida soil; and three American invasions failed to bring East Florida into the rebellion. In East Florida in the Revolutionary Era, 1763-1785, George Kotlik provides the first comprehensive and detailed history of British East Florida, drawing attention to the colony's early development and connection to the American Revolution.
Reprinted From The Proceedings Of The American Antiquarian Society For October, 1927.
History of the Loyalists in East Florida 1774 to 1785 during the American Revolution when Florida was part of the English colony. The book was written by Wilbur Henry Siebert and published in 1929 by the Florida State Historical Society and contains maps, illustrations, and facisimiles of documents.
By: Wilbur H. Siebert, Pub. 1929, Reprinted 2018, 264 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-979-6. This book is the consolidation of two volumes. Part one is a narrative in which the events of the American Revolution involving the participation of British Loyalists of East Floriida or those loyalists who went to East Florida from other neighboring proviences / states, either during or at the close of the Revolution, are detailed. Part two consists of the claims of the loyalists who were mentioned in part one.