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The history of Florida can be
traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the
peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago.[1]
They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Written history
begins with the arrival of Europeans to Florida; the Spanish explorer
Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first records. The state was the
first mainland realm of the United States to be settled by Europeans.
Thus, 1513 marked the beginning of the
American Frontier.
From that time of contact, Florida
has had many waves of immigration, including French and Spanish
settlement during the 16th century, as well as entry of new Native
American groups migrating from elsewhere in the South, and free blacks
and fugitive slaves, who became known as
Black Seminoles. Florida was under colonial rule by
Spain and
Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries before becoming a
territory of the United States in 1822. Two decades later, in 1845,
Florida was admitted to the union as the 27th US state. Since the 19th
century, immigrants have arrived from Europe, Latin America, Africa and
Asia. - courtesy Wikipedia
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