Illustrating the Acquisition of West Florida
I. Territory added to the original jurisdiction of West Florida
by Great Britain in 1764
*;
in dispute between
Spain and the United States, 1783-1795; relinquished by
Spain in the
Treaty of 1795 (Pinckney's Treaty) and definitely occupied by
the United States in 1798.
II. Territory claimed by the United States, 1803-1810, as
part of the
Louisiana Purchase;
proclaimed independent by
its inhabitants, September 1810 (see
West Florida Revolt),
and occupied by the
United States in the following December; incorporated
with the
State of Louisiana in 1812.
III. Claimed by the United States as above; brought under
its military and civil jurisdiction
in 1811;
incorporated
with Mississippi Territory in 1812.
IV. Claimed by the United States as above; American
jurisdiction proclaimed there by
Claiborne (1811)
and by Holmes (1812), except in the town of Mobile; occupied by
the military forces of the
United States, April 1813, and
the civil jurisdiction of Mississippi
established there;
later part of Alabama.
V. Invaded by
Jackson, in 1814 and 1818; ceded by Spain
to the United States in the
Treaty of 1819
(Transcontinental Treaty); part of
Florida.
Vicksburg,
Walnut Hills,
Natchez,
Mississippi River,
Baton Rouge,
New Orleans,
Pearl River,
Tombigbee River,
Alabama River,
Fort St. Stephens,
Mobile,
Perdido River,
Pensacola,
Chattahoochee River,
Apalachicola River
= 31st Parallel
* On June 6, 1764,
the border was moved north to 32° 28' latitude. See more
here.
