History

About 10,000B.C:

Prehistoric Indians live in Florida.

A.D.-1530:

Ponce de Leon explores and names Florida.

1521:

Ponce de Leon is killed by Native Americans.

1539:

Hernando de Soto explores Florida for Spain.

1564:

The French build Fort Caroline.

1565:

Spaniards drive out the French and from St. Augustine.

1740:

English troops from Georgia invade Florida but fail to take it from spanish.

1763:

The English take control of Florida by trading Havana, Cuba, to Spain for the region.

1775:

The Revolutionary War begins.

1783:

Florida is returned to Spain as part of a peace treaty.

1814:

During the War of 1812, American general Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola from Spain.

1821:

Florida becomes part of the United States.