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The area around the present day Pensacola was inhabited by Native Americans, thousands of years before the historical area. In 1559, Tristan de Luna established the the settlement at The Pensacola Bay.
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The Great Britain took control of Florida in 1763.
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in 1816, a cannonball exploded in an abandoned British fort, and killed almost 300 freed and runaway slaves.
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General Jackson established the first territorial government.
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A big boom in population happened in Florida in 1830-1840. The black and white population was about 50-50.
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In 1834-1837, the first railroads began operation in Florida.
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The Second Seminole War occured in 1834-1837
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Florida became the 27th state in 1845.
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The Third Seminole War began in 1855 and ended in 1858.
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Yellow fever struck Florida in 1888 and killed over 400 people and 40 percent of Jacksonville left.
