remained until the American Revolution. During the war‚ St. Augustine became the capital of the British colony of East Florida. Improvements were started on the fort‚ including the reparation of the gates and walls. During the revolution‚ the fort mainly served as a prison‚ holding revolutionary fighters captured in Charleston. After the war‚ the fort was returned to Spain‚ as well as Florida. The name was changed back to Castillo de San Marcos and was signed over to the United States in the Adams-Onis
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car accident that later happens down the dirt road of Georgia. Another foreshadow in the very beginning of the story is when the grandmother see’s in the newspaper that the misfit has escaped in Florida and that they should not head that way‚ but everyone ignores her and they go anyway. On the way to Florida the family “... passed a large cotton field with five or six graves fenced in the middle of it‚ like a small island.”(203) foreshadowing the death of the family. Some other foreshadowing in the
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one of the Homosassa fishing guides. All you have to do is travel to the nature coast and take advantage of some amazing fishing opportunities around Homosassa and Crystal River. Why Is Fishing Better On the Nature Coast of Florida? The coastal area of Citrus County‚ Florida‚ which covers Homosassa and Crystal River is a popular place for fishing for many reasons. The main one is the variety of fish you can catch and the area you will be in to fish. It is ideal for offshore and
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to many parts of the southeastern United States‚ mostly in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina hit many places in the United States‚ but it impacted in more places than others. One of the first places hit by Hurricane Katrina Southern Florida. Katrina hit Florida as a category 1 Hurricane. So far‚ only 12 deaths have been reported there. Florida’s estimated damage is between $1 billion and $2 billion. Mississippi and New Orleans were hit the hardest. Apart from those two‚ other states that were
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qualify for benefits. There are 23 other states that are seeking to adopt this same requirement (Alcindor). Of the three states that currently require testing‚ Florida is the only state that has practiced this for every applicant. As a result of the legislation that took effect of July 1st‚ people seeking welfare benefits in the state of Florida will have to submit urine‚ blood‚ or hair samples to be tested for the use of illicit substances‚ and pay for the testing (Kondro E721). If the applicant tests
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There are many congressmen in the state of Florida. Our current senators are Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio and there are twenty-seven representatives in Florida. Ron DeSantis‚ who is the representative for the sixth congressional district of Florida‚ is the representative for where I currently live. Bill Nelson‚ the senior United States Senator from Florida‚ has served since 2001 and is a part of the Democratic Party. He attended UF before transferring to Yale‚ and later earned his law degree from
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wars in our history were fought over Indian Removal. According to Ron Soodalter‚ “The Second Seminole War erupted over broken treaties that repeatedly changed the boundaries of the Seminole reservation and finally sought to push the Seminoles out of Florida altogether”. That sounds a little harsh to try and control the land of the Indian tribes. However that is just the way things were back then. Back then the Indians were considered one of the United States biggest enemies. “The U.S Army and the Seminoles
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In 1964 Walt Disney built four rides for the World’s Fair in New York. He discovered people loved his ideas in the Eastern U.S. just as much as the Western U.S. citizens did. ( “ History of Disney World”. ) One of the best theme parks in the world came from the visions of a man named Walt Disney. He wanted to create a safe‚ family friendly theme park that all ages could enjoy‚ and he did just that. People wonder how Walt Disney thought of disney world‚ how it became so popular‚ how he had such an
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This snake was originally native to South East Asia‚ but how has this apex predator managed to overpopulate in the sunshine state of Florida. In 1990 Hurricane Andrew hit and caused destruction like any other hurricane does‚ but this hurricane let animals from the zoo and pet stores loose. And one of these animals was the Burmese python which "eluded" capture. Since then this snake has
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