![]() ![]() They were joined by escaped enslaved people, as Spain had announced that anyone who made it to Florida was free. In the mid to late 1700s, Native Americans from Georgia, Alabama and other states, including tribes of the Creek Nation such as the Miccosukee, migrated to Florida to escape European expansion. ![]() Nearly all local Indigenous people were gone by the mid-1700s. When the Europeans arrived in the 16th century, they started selling Indigenous people and brought disease and warfare that decimated the native population. They lived along the coasts as well as near rivers in the interior of Florida. The dominant Native American communities that emerged included the Calusa, Tequesta and Jeaga tribes in southern Florida and the Apalachee and Timucua people in the north. Hunter-gatherers first arrived in the area now known as Florida more than 12,000 years ago. WATCH: How the States Got Their Shape on HISTORY Vault Many Cubans also immigrated to Miami throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, establishing a vibrant Latin American culture. Beginning in the late 19th century, residents of Northern states flocked to Florida to escape harsh winters. While European colonists quickly decimated the Indigenous population, Florida became home to a Seminole community of Indigenous and enslaved people who migrated from nearby states in the 18th century. territory in 1819.įlorida has long been a state of migrants. The Spanish, French and English battled over Florida until it became a U.S. European settlers, mainly from Spain, arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries. ![]() Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who led the first European expedition to Florida in 1513, named the state in honor of Spain’s Easter celebration known as “Pascua Florida,” or Feast of Flowers. Florida joined the Union as the 27th state in 1845 and is nicknamed the Sunshine State for its balmy climate and natural beauty. ![]()
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