Question: Some animals and reptiles native to Florida 
Answer: American alligator, American crocodile, Florida panther, and manatee

Question: Name a National Park in Florida 
Answer: Everglades National Park

Question: What conquistador landed in Florida in 1539 
Answer: Hernando de Soto

Question: Who established early settlements in Florida 
Answer: Both the Spanish and French established settlements

Question: Who established 1 of the first Us settlements in Florida 
Answer: Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano

Question: What people were discovered by early settlers of Florida 
Answer: Native ancestors of the Seminole

Question: What did Spanish settlers introduce to Florida 
Answer: Christianity, cattle, horses, sheep, the Spanish language, and more

Question: What did Spain trade Florida for
Answer: In 1763, Spain traded Florida to the Kingdom of Great Britain for control of Havana, Cuba

Question: Who did the Spanish take from Florida to Cuba 
Answer: Almost the entire Spanish population left, taking along most of the remaining indigenous population to Cuba

Question: What road did the British construct 
Answer: the King's Road connecting St. Augustine to Georgia

Question: What river does the Kings road cross 
Answer: the St. Johns River

Question: What were the names of the 2 British colony's in Florida 
Answer: British East Florida and British West Florida

Question: Who was given Florida land grants 
Answer: officers and soldiers who had fought in the French and Indian War in order to encourage settlement

Question: Where did a large number of British Colonist come to florida from 
Answer: coming from South Carolina, Georgia and England though there was also a group of settlers who came from the colony of Bermuda

Question: The first Permanent Colony in Florida is Now known as 
Answer: what is now Duval County, Baker County, St. Johns County and Nassau County

Question: What did the Colonist cultivate 
Answer: the cultivation of sugar cane, indigo and fruits as well the export of lumber

Question: What legal system was introduced by the British in Florida 
Answer: British governors were directed to call general assemblies

Question: Did Florida send Representatives to Philadelphia for the Declaration of Independence 
Answer: Neither East Florida nor West Florida would send any representatives to Philadelphia to draft the Declaration of Independence

Question: Who did Florida side with during the revolution
Answer: Florida would remain a Loyalist stronghold for the duration of the American Revolution.

Question: What legal system is still used by florida 
Answer: English-derived legal system which Florida still has today including trial by jury, habeas corpus and county-based government

Question: Where did English and Scotch Irish descent move to Florida from 
Answer: English descent and Americans of Scots-Irish descent began moving into northern Florida from the backwoods of Georgia and South Carolina

Question: Backwoods settlers of Northern Florida are known as 
Answer: Florida Crackers

Question: Were the Spanish able to police the backwoods settlements 
Answer: Spanish were never able to effectively police the border region and the backwoods settlers

Question: What led to the rebellion in 1810 
Answer: Spanish rule

Question: What did the rebellion lead to 
Answer: the so-called Free and Independent Republic of West Florida on September 23

Question: What is known as the Bonnie Blue Flag
Answer: a single white star on a blue field

Question: What did the rebels overthrow during the rebellion
Answer: Spanish garrison at Baton Rouge

Question: Where did Seminole Indians raid 
Answer: Seminole Indians based in East Florida began raiding Georgia settlements

Question: Who did the Indians offer haven to
Answer: runaway slaves

Question: What is the first Incursion led by Jackson known as now 
Answer: First Seminole War

Question: Why did the US president say the Incursion of Florida was neccessary
Answer: orida had become "a derelict open to the occupancy of every enemy, civilized or savage

Question: Why did Madrid cede the territory to the US 
Answer: Florida had become a burden to Spain, which could not afford to send settlers or garrisons

Question: What was the name of the treaty which ceded florida to the US 
Answer: Adams-Onís Treaty, which took effect in 1821

Question: Which president was given control of Florida 
Answer: James Monroe was authorized on March 3, 1821 to take possession of East Florida and West Florida for the United States and provide for initial governance

Question: When did East and West Florida Merge 
Answer: On March 30, 1822, the United States merged East Florida and part of West Florida into the Florida Territory

Question: What was an issue in the early 1800's 
Answer: Indian removal was a significant issue

Question: What did congress pass in 1830 
Answer: In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act

Question: Who did Seminoles harbor 
Answer: runaway blacks, known as the Black Seminoles

Question: What was the name of the treaty of 1832
Answer: Treaty of Payne's Landing

Question: What did Paynes Landing promiss
Answer: the Seminoles lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida. Many Seminole left at this time.

Question: What tempers the Florida Climate 
Answer: somewhat by the fact that no part of the state is distant from the ocean

Question: What divides Florida two climates 
Answer: Lake Okeechobee

Question: What are Florida's Mean temperatures in  late July 
Answer: Mean high temperatures for late July are primarily in the low 90s

Question: Low temperatures in Florida average 
Answer: mid January range from the low 40s Fahrenheit (4–7 °C) in northern Florida to above 60 °F (16 °C) from Miami on southward

Question: The average daily temperature in Miami
Answer: With an average daily temperature of 70.7 °F (21.5 °C), it is the warmest state in the country

Question: What is Florida's nickname 
Answer: Sunshine State

Question: What is central Florida known as 
Answer: lightning capital of the United States

Question: Hours of annual sunshine in florida 
Answer: 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually. The rest of the state, including Miami, receives between 2,800 and 3,200 hours annually

Question: What posses a threat each year to Florida 
Answer: Hurricanes pose a severe threat

Question: What percentage of category 4 storms hit Florida 
Answer: category 4 or higher storms that have struck the United States, 83% have either hit Florida or Texas

Question: How many storms hit Florida from 1851 to 2006 
Answer: Florida was struck by 114

Question: What is found in Florida 
Answer: Extended systems of underwater caves, sinkholes and springs

Question: What did the last glacial period provide 
Answer: lower sea levels and a drier climate revealed a much wider peninsula, largely savanna.

Question: What are the Everglades 
Answer: an enormously wide, slow-flowing river encompasses the southern tip of the peninsula

Question: How much sink hole damage did Florida suffer recently 
Answer: Sinkhole damage claims on property in the state exceeded a total of $2 billion from 2006 through 2010

Question: What is the population of Florida 
Answer: The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Florida was 20,271,272 on July 1, 2015

Question: Where did florida rank in population growth 
Answer: Florida was the seventh fastest-growing state

Question: What is the center of the Florida population
Answer: Polk County since the 1960 census

Question: What state did Florida pass in population recently 
Answer: surpassing the population of the state of New York

Question: How severe are Florida disenfranchisement laws 
Answer: Florida is among the three states with the most severe felony disenfranchisement laws.