Florida History Timeline

FLORIDA HISTORY TIMELINE

FLORIDA BEFORE COLUMBUS, through 1492

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT IN FLORIDA, 1492-1821

Explorers and Travelers, 1492-1700
Spanish Florida, 1559-1763
French Rivalry, 1562-1565
British Florida, 1763-1783
The Second Spanish Period, 1783-1821

TERRITORIAL FLORIDA, 1821-1845

Wars of Indian Removal, 1817-1858

ANTE-BELLUM FLORIDA, 1845-1861

CIVIL WAR IN FLORIDA, 1861-1865

ECONOMICS AND SOCIETY: POST-CIVIL WAR FLORIDA, 1865-1913

Reconstruction Era, 1865-1877
Business, Agriculture, and Tourism 1878-1897
Florida and the War for Cuban Independence, 1898
The New Century and a Growing State, 1899-1913

FLORIDA DURING WORLD WAR I, 1914-1918

THE FLORIDA BOOM AND BUST, 1919-1929

DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL YEARS IN FLORIDA, 1930-1941

FLORIDA IN WORLD WAR II, 1941-1945

POST-WAR FLORIDA, 1945-1960

CONTEMPORARY FLORIDA, 1960-

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