Spanish Florida

E218539

Spanish colonial territory former colony

Spanish Florida was a Spanish colonial territory in the southeastern region of what is now the United States, centered on St. Augustine and serving as a strategic outpost against English and later American expansion.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Florida canonical	43
Spanish missions in Florida	2
Florida española	1
Forever Changed: La Florida, 1513–1821	1
Spain ceded Florida to Britain	1
Spanish Alabama	1
Spanish East Florida	1
Spanish Florida (colonial designation)	1
Spanish Florida defenses	1
Spanish North Carolina	1
Spanish West Florida	1
Spanish colonial Florida	1
Spanish colonial government of East Florida (post-1783)	1
Spanish colonization of Florida	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial territory ⓘ former colony ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Atlantic coast of present-day South Carolina ⓘ parts of present-day Alabama ⓘ parts of present-day Georgia ⓘ parts of present-day Louisiana ⓘ parts of present-day Mississippi ⓘ present-day Florida ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ British America ⓘ surface form: British colonies in North America French colonial Louisiana ⓘ surface form: French Louisiana Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
capital	St. Augustine ⓘ
cededByTreaty	Adams–Onís Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1763 Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783
cededTo	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
colonizedBy	Spain ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Spanish War First Seminole War ⓘ Queen Anne's War ⓘ War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
dateCededToGreatBritain	1763 ⓘ
dateCededToUnitedStates	1821 ⓘ
dateReturnedToSpain	1783 ⓘ
endTime	1763 ⓘ 1821 ⓘ
establishedBy	Juan Ponce de León ⓘ
firstSpanishPeriod	1565–1763 ⓘ
governedFrom	St. Augustine ⓘ
hadInstitution	fortified presidios ⓘ mission system ⓘ
hadPolicy	offered asylum to escaped slaves from British colonies ⓘ
hadPopulation	Indigenous peoples ⓘ Spanish colonists ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ
hasPart	East Florida ⓘ West Florida ⓘ
hasSettlement	Castillo de San Marcos ⓘ Fort Mose ⓘ Mission San Luis ⓘ Pensacola, Florida ⓘ surface form: Pensacola San Luis de Talimali ⓘ San Marcos de Apalache ⓘ San Miguel de Gualdape ⓘ Santa Elena ⓘ St. Augustine ⓘ St. Marks, Florida ⓘ surface form: St. Marks
locatedIn	southeastern region of present-day United States ⓘ
notableSite	Castillo de San Marcos ⓘ surface form: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument Fort Mose Historic State Park ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Spanish West Indies ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
secondSpanishPeriod	1783–1821 ⓘ
sovereignState	Spain ⓘ
startTime	1513 ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
strategicRole	buffer against English expansion ⓘ buffer against later American expansion ⓘ
usedLanguage	Gullah ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various Indigenous languages ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of St. Augustine (1702) → country → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Siege of St. Augustine (1702) → belligerent → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Province of Carolina → borderedBy → Spanish Florida ⓘ

First Seminole War → location → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Museum of Florida History → hasExhibit → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forever Changed: La Florida, 1513–1821

Mission San Luis de Apalachee → partOf → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Florida

Mission San Luis de Apalachee → partOf → Spanish Florida ⓘ

East Florida → predecessor → Spanish Florida ⓘ

East Florida → successor → Spanish Florida ⓘ

West Florida → follows → Spanish Florida ⓘ

West Florida → predecessor → Spanish Florida ⓘ

West Florida → successor → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

Spanish West Indies → hasPart → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Guerra del Asiento → teatroDeOperaciones → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida española

Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → location → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → countryAtTime → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Battle of Fort Mose (1740) → location → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Battle of Bloody Marsh → spanishColonyInvolved → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Battle of Gully Hole Creek → involvedColony → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Pinckney's Treaty → affectedRegion → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Spanish Colonial architecture → usedInTerritory → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Yamasee → tradedWith → Spanish Florida ⓘ

French and Indian War (as part of British America) → result → Spanish Florida ⓘ

subject surface form: French and Indian War

this entity surface form: Spain ceded Florida to Britain

Seminole Wars → location → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Micanopy → historicalRegion → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Black Seminoles → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → locatedIn → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → involves → Spanish Florida ⓘ

James Moore → opponent → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Joseph Blake (acting governor, planning phase) → opponent → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Castillo de San Marcos → partOf → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Florida defenses

demonstrated defensive strength of Castillo de San Marcos → countryAtTime → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Governor José de Zúñiga y la Cerda → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish Florida ⓘ

subject surface form: José de Zúñiga y la Cerda

Governor José de Zúñiga y la Cerda → mainLocationOfActivity → Spanish Florida ⓘ

subject surface form: José de Zúñiga y la Cerda

Adams–Onís Treaty → affectedRegion → Spanish Florida ⓘ

King Payne → placeOfActivity → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Battle of Negro Fort → location → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Patriot War of East Florida → hasLocation → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Patriot War of East Florida → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish East Florida

Lower Creeks → tradingPartners → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Colony of Georgia → borderedBy → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Battle of Suwannee River → location → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Battle of Suwannee River → involvedPoliticalEntity → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Alabama

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish North Carolina

Apalachee → subjectTo → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Apalachee → missionSystem → Spanish Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Florida

Guale → associatedWith → Spanish Florida ⓘ

Lower Creek → interactedWith → Spanish Florida ⓘ