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. https://archive.org/details/historyof...

[2] Williams, Linda K. “East Florida as a Loyalist Haven.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 4, 1976, pp. 465–78. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30147362.

[3] “The British Period (1763-1784)”. NPS.org, Castillo de San Marcos, the National Park Service, 20 April, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/casa/learn/histor....

[4] “History of Florida.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histo...

[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. https://myfloridahistory.org/frontier...

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