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In this video, we take a look at what Florida was doing during the American War of Independence, and explain why it was that they remained loyal to the British crown.
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Sources and Further Reading
[1] Brevard, Caroline Mays. “A History of Florida.” American Book Company, 1904, chapter 11. archive.org/details/historyofflorida00brevar/page/75/mode/1up
[2] Williams, Linda K. “East Florida as a Loyalist Haven.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 4, 1976, pp. 465–78. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/30147362.
[3] “The British Period (1763-1784)”. NPS.org, Castillo de San Marcos, the National Park Service, 20 April, 2022. nps.gov/casa/learn/historyculture/the-british-period.htm#:~:text=Florida%20remained%20a%20loyalist%20stronghold,culture%20in%20the%20other%20colonies.
[4] “History of Florida.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Florida
[5] Brotemarkle, Ben. “Florida's Importance in the Revolutionary War Largely Overlooked.” Florida Frontiers, 18 October 2016. Uploaded to MyFloridaHistory.org, the Florida Historical Society. myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/135
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By Lencer - "own work", used Caribbean map blank.png, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1813372
By Richard Zietz - Richard Zietz, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64608165
In this video, we take a look at what Florida was doing during the American War of Independence, and explain why it was that they remained loyal to the British crown.
Find us here too!
Patreon: Patreon.com/Fireoflearning
Lucinox – Our Science Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCM2dfLR3BR0CHuePEDtxAZw
The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Download available at incompetech.com
Sardana
These songs provided by the YouTube audio library
Sarabande – Joel Cummins
Spanish Rose – Chris Haugen
Roast Beef of Old England – US Marine Corps Band
Sources and Further Reading
[1] Brevard, Caroline Mays. “A History of Florida.” American Book Company, 1904, chapter 11. archive.org/details/historyofflorida00brevar/page/75/mode/1up
[2] Williams, Linda K. “East Florida as a Loyalist Haven.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 4, 1976, pp. 465–78. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/30147362.
[3] “The British Period (1763-1784)”. NPS.org, Castillo de San Marcos, the National Park Service, 20 April, 2022. nps.gov/casa/learn/historyculture/the-british-period.htm#:~:text=Florida%20remained%20a%20loyalist%20stronghold,culture%20in%20the%20other%20colonies.
[4] “History of Florida.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Florida
[5] Brotemarkle, Ben. “Florida's Importance in the Revolutionary War Largely Overlooked.” Florida Frontiers, 18 October 2016. Uploaded to MyFloridaHistory.org, the Florida Historical Society. myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/135
Picture Attributions
By Lencer - "own work", used Caribbean map blank.png, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1813372
By Richard Zietz - Richard Zietz, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64608165
