What better way to celebrate the U.S.’s 250th birthday than with a quiz?
Florida is often colloquially referred to as the 14th colony. Why? We won’t spoil it up here, but you can find the answer in one of the answerexplanations below.
Questions were provided by the Dunedin History Museum and the Tampa Bay History Center.
Can you answer these 10 questions about Florida during the time of the American Revolution?
1. Florida is the __ state to join the union?
2. Spain occupied Florida for over two centuries, but some may not know that the British also ruled the territory, beginning in 1763. How long did British rule of Florida last?
3. What was the capital of the former colony East Florida in 1776?
4. True or false: St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
5. What was the capital of former colony West Florida in 1776?
6. True or false: The colonies of East and West Florida remained loyal to the British Crown throughout the revolution.
7. Spain captured what Florida city during the American Revolution?
8. What Indigenous Florida group allied with the British during the American Revolution?
9. True or false: East and West Florida remained British colonies after the Revolutionary War.
10. Spain ceded Florida to the United States in what treaty?