Republic of West Florida
State of Florida República de Florida Occidental (Spanish) République de Floride occidentale (French) Repiblik Lwès Florid (Louisiana Creole) | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
| Capital | St. Francisville | ||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
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• 1810 | Fulwar Skipwith | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Senate and House of Representatives | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | U.S. westward expansion | ||||||||||||
• Rebel capture of Fort San Carlos at Baton Rouge | September 23, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• Declaration of independence from Spain | September 26, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• Madison proclaims "possession should be taken"; sends Claiborne to do so | October 27, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• St. Francisville acquiesces to U.S. Army | December 6, 1810 | ||||||||||||
• Surrender of Baton Rouge to U.S. Army | December 10, 1810 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | United States ∟ Louisiana On July 17, 1821, Spain's governor of its West Florida province formally delivered it to U.S. General Andrew Jackson under the Adams–Onís Treaty. | ||||||||||||
The Republic of West Florida (Spanish: República de Florida Occidental, French: République de Floride occidentale), officially the State of Florida, was a short-lived unrecognized republic in the western region of Spanish West Florida for just over 2+1⁄2 months during 1810. In December, 1810, the United States occupied and annexed the Republic of West Florida. The governor of Orleans Territory designated the land comprising it as the County of Feliciana. The land was added to Louisiana on August 4, 1812, following an act of Congress passed earlier that year. In 1990, the region that was previously the Republic of West Florida was officially recognized as a historical region of the U.S., the "Republic of West Florida Historic Region", commonly referred to as the Florida Parishes.