West Florida

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British colonial province former colony

West Florida was a short-lived British colonial province along the Gulf Coast, carved from former Spanish territory after the Seven Years’ War and later divided between the United States and Spain.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
West Florida canonical	11
Spanish West Florida	6
British West Florida	5
Florida (Spanish colony)	1
Governor and Council of West Florida	1
La Florida	1
Spanish West Florida (to the south)	1
West Florida region	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial province ⓘ former colony ⓘ
borderedBy	East Florida ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ Province of Georgia ⓘ
capital	Pensacola, Florida ⓘ surface form: Pensacola
capturedBy	Spain during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
cededByTreaty	Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
cededTo	Spain ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dividedBetween	Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economyBasedOn	cattle ranching ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ timber trade ⓘ
endTime	1783 ⓘ
establishedAfter	Seven Years' War ⓘ
establishedBy	Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
firstGovernor	George Johnstone ⓘ
follows	Spanish Florida ⓘ
governingBody	West Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Governor and Council of West Florida
historyPeriod	18th century ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Alabama ⓘ Florida ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
majorBattle	Siege of Pensacola (1781) ⓘ
namedAfter	Florida ⓘ
northernBoundaryExtendedTo	32°28′ north latitude ⓘ
originalNorthernBoundary	31st parallel north ⓘ
partOf	British America ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Spanish Florida ⓘ
religionOfficial	Protestantism ⓘ
relinquishedBy	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
significantPort	Mobile ⓘ Pensacola, Florida ⓘ surface form: Pensacola
startTime	1763 ⓘ
subsequentEntity	West Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spanish West Florida
successor	Mississippi Territory ⓘ Spanish Florida ⓘ surface form: Spanish West Florida Alabama ⓘ surface form: State of Alabama Florida ⓘ surface form: State of Florida Louisiana ⓘ surface form: State of Louisiana State of Mississippi ⓘ Territory of Orleans ⓘ
usedLegalSystem	English common law ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Royal Proclamation of 1763 → appliesToTerritory → West Florida ⓘ

Adelantado of Florida → appliesToJurisdiction → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Florida

War of Jenkins' Ear → location → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida (Spanish colony)

Mobile, Alabama → partOf → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

Mobile, Alabama → partOf → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Florida

British America → hasPart → West Florida ⓘ

East Florida → borderedBy → West Florida ⓘ

West Florida → subsequentEntity → West Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

West Florida → governingBody → West Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor and Council of West Florida

Gulf Coast theater of the War of 1812 → geographicScope → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Florida region

Montfort Browne → residence → West Florida ⓘ

Baron François-Louis de Carondelet → workLocation → West Florida ⓘ

Baron François-Louis de Carondelet → territoryGoverned → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

Alabama Territory → borderedBy → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida (to the south)

Spanish Louisiana → borderedBy → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Florida

British provincial forces in North America → recruitmentArea → West Florida ⓘ

Spanish Florida → hasPart → West Florida ⓘ

Adams–Onís Treaty → cededTerritory → West Florida ⓘ

Siege of Pensacola (1781) → location → West Florida ⓘ

Siege of Pensacola (1781) → belligerent → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Florida

Mississippi Territory → followed → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Florida

Mississippi Territory → followed → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

Mississippi Territory → hasBorderWith → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

Florida Territory → precededBy → West Florida ⓘ

Florida Territory → hasPart → West Florida ⓘ

Territory of Orleans → borderedBy → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Florida

La Florida → followedBy → West Florida ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Florida