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Research Opportunities in the Spanish Borderlands: East Florida, 1763-1821

1972; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 7; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0023879100041339

1542-4278

Samuel Proctor,

Historical Studies in Latin America

In the Great Struggle for the Mastery of the North American Continent during the second half of the eighteenth century, the major European powers—Britain, France, and Spain—confronted each other on the lower Mississippi and along the Florida frontier. The fate of both East and West Florida was determined by this titanic struggle. Britain emerged from the Seven Years' War as the mightiest nation on earth. Her fleet had captured Havana, and to redeem this valuable port Spain agreed to cede the Floridas.