Jacksonville is the largest city by population in the U.S. state of Florida, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits; with an estimated population of 853,382 in 2014, it is the most populous city proper in Florida and the Southeast, and the 12th most populous in the United States. Jacksonville is the principal city in the Jacksonville metropolitan area, with a population of 1,345,596 in 2010.

Jacksonville is in the First Coast region of northeast Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia state line and about 340 miles (550 km) north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. Under British rule, settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British. A platted town was established there in 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain; it was named after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States.

Answer this series of questions:

1. What river is florida on?
2. What ranking for population does it come in?
3. Who did the united States gain florida from?
4. Who was it named after?
5. Is jacksonville the principal city?
6. How far is is from Georgia?
7. What people originally lived in the area
8. Was 1822 when the platted town was established?
9. What was the population in 2010
10. what occurred under British rule

Numbered answers:
1. St. Johns River
2. largest city by population in the U.S. state of Florida
3. Spain
4. Andrew Jackson
5. yes
6. about 25 miles (40 km) south
7. Timucua
8. Yes
9. 1,345,596
10. settlement grew