Florida Territory

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organized incorporated territory of the United States

Florida Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1822 to 1845, bridging the period between Spanish colonial rule and Florida’s admission as a U.S. state.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Florida Territory canonical	15
Territory of Florida	4
Florida Territory of the United States	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admissionOfSuccessorState	Florida ⓘ
capital	Tallahassee ⓘ
capitalMovedTo	Tallahassee ⓘ
capitalMoveYear	1824 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	March 3, 1845 ⓘ
endTime	1845 ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans European American ⓘ surface form: European Americans Seminole ⓘ
flag	Flag of Florida ⓘ surface form: Flag of the Florida Territory
followedBy	Florida ⓘ surface form: State of Florida
governingDocument	Organic Act of 1822 ⓘ
hasCapitalUntil	Pensacola, Florida ⓘ surface form: Pensacola St. Augustine ⓘ
hasPart	East Florida ⓘ West Florida ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Florida Territory ⓘ
historyOfTopic	History of Florida ⓘ
inception	March 30, 1822 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
namedAfter	Feria de las Flores ⓘ surface form: Feast of Flowers La Florida ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	American frontier ⓘ Antebellum period ⓘ surface form: Antebellum United States United States of America ⓘ
precededBy	East Florida ⓘ Spanish Florida ⓘ West Florida ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	Florida ⓘ surface form: State of Florida
sharesBorderWith	Alabama ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
significantEvent	Second Seminole War ⓘ Seminole Wars ⓘ surface form: Seminole removal Third Seminole War ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America ⓘ
startTime	1822 ⓘ
successorStateAdmittedToUnionOn	March 3, 1845 ⓘ
territorialStatus	incorporated ⓘ organized ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

East Florida → successor → Florida Territory ⓘ

George Walton Jr. → workLocation → Florida Territory ⓘ

George Walton Jr. → jurisdiction → Florida Territory ⓘ

George Walton Jr. → residence → Florida Territory ⓘ

William Pope Duval → jurisdictionGoverned → Florida Territory ⓘ

William Pope Duval → residence → Florida Territory ⓘ

Seminole Wars → location → Florida Territory ⓘ

Treaty of Payne’s Landing → appliesToTerritory → Florida Territory ⓘ

Florida militia → operatedIn → Florida Territory ⓘ

Micanopy → historicalRegion → Florida Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Florida

Jumper → historicalRegion → Florida Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Florida

Battle of Lake Okeechobee → location → Florida Territory ⓘ

Fort Mellon engagements → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Florida Territory ⓘ

Black Seminoles → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Florida Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Florida

Alligator → region → Florida Territory ⓘ

Mosquito County, Florida → locatedIn → Florida Territory ⓘ

Battle of Withlacoochee → theater → Florida Territory ⓘ

Battle of Withlacoochee → territorialStatusAtTime → Florida Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida Territory of the United States

Mosquito County → locatedIn → Florida Territory ⓘ

Bowlegs → historicalRegion → Florida Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Florida