East Florida

E64903
British colony former colony

East Florida was a British colony established in 1763 on the southeastern North American mainland, encompassing much of what is now the state of Florida.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
East Florida canonical 17
British East Florida 2
British Florida 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
West Florida ⓘ
capital St. Augustine ⓘ
cededBy Spain ⓘ
cededTo Spain ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
crownColonyStatus royal colony ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
dissolved 1783 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
economyBasedOn plantation agriculture ⓘ
established 1763 ⓘ
establishedBy Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
ethnicGroups British colonists ⓘ
Native American peoples ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
flag Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Jack
governor James Grant ⓘ
John Moultrie ⓘ
Patrick Tonyn ⓘ
hadFort Castillo de San Marcos ⓘ
Fort Matanzas National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Fort Matanzas
hadLegislature Council and Assembly of East Florida ⓘ
includedRegion Florida Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Peninsula of Florida

Northeast Florida ⓘ
surface form: St. Johns River region
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern North America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Florida ⓘ
loyaltyDuringAmericanRevolution Loyalist ⓘ
metropolitanGovernment British Parliament ⓘ
namedAfter Florida ⓘ
surface form: La Florida
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
partOfConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
predecessor Spanish Florida ⓘ
produced indigo ⓘ
rice ⓘ
timber ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
successor Florida Territory ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar
usedLaborSystem slavery ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Royal Proclamation of 1763 → appliesToTerritory → East Florida ⓘ
British America → hasPart → East Florida ⓘ
West Florida → borderedBy → East Florida ⓘ
Spanish Louisiana → borderedBy → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East Florida
British provincial forces in North America → recruitmentArea → East Florida ⓘ
Spanish Florida → hasPart → East Florida ⓘ
Mosquito County, Florida → partOf → East Florida ⓘ
Adams–Onís Treaty → cededTerritory → East Florida ⓘ
Patriot War of East Florida → hasLocation → East Florida ⓘ
James Grant → residence → East Florida ⓘ
James Grant → governedTerritory → East Florida ⓘ
John Moultrie → residence → East Florida ⓘ
Council and Assembly of East Florida → appliesToJurisdiction → East Florida ⓘ
Council and Assembly of East Florida → legislativeBodyFor → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colony of East Florida
Council and Assembly of East Florida → locatedIn → East Florida ⓘ
Council and Assembly of East Florida → partOf → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial government of East Florida
Council and Assembly of East Florida → appliesToTerritory → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: British province of East Florida
Council and Assembly of East Florida → historicalPeriod → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Florida period
Florida Territory → precededBy → East Florida ⓘ
Florida Territory → hasPart → East Florida ⓘ
Patrick Tonyn → residence → East Florida ⓘ
Patrick Tonyn → governedTerritory → East Florida ⓘ
Patrick Tonyn → historicalRegion → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Florida
Patrick Tonyn → jurisdiction → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of East Florida
La Florida → followedBy → East Florida ⓘ
this entity surface form: British East Florida