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New page: '''Spanish West Florida''' was a Spanish colony which included Pensacola and most of the Florida Panhandle. Spanish West Florida was ceded to the United States by the [[Wikipedia:Adams-On...
'''Spanish West Florida''' was a Spanish colony which included Pensacola and most of the Florida Panhandle. Spanish West Florida was ceded to the United States by the [[Wikipedia:Adams-Onís Treaty|Adams-Onís Treaty]] ([[1819]]) and [[Transfer of Spanish West Florida to the United States|transferred]] at a ceremony at [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] in Pensacola in July [[1821]].
==Boundaries==
Spanish West Florida contained the portions of present-day Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida south of the [[Wikipedia:31st parallel north|31st parallel north]], bounded on the west by the [[Wikipedia:Mississippi River|Mississippi River]] and [[Wikipedia:Lake Pontchartrain|Lake Pontchartrain]], on the east by the [[Wikipedia:Apalachicola River|Apalachicola River]], and by the [[Wikipedia:Gulf of Mexico|Gulf of Mexico]] to the south.
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==Boundaries==
Spanish West Florida contained the portions of present-day Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida south of the [[Wikipedia:31st parallel north|31st parallel north]], bounded on the west by the [[Wikipedia:Mississippi River|Mississippi River]] and [[Wikipedia:Lake Pontchartrain|Lake Pontchartrain]], on the east by the [[Wikipedia:Apalachicola River|Apalachicola River]], and by the [[Wikipedia:Gulf of Mexico|Gulf of Mexico]] to the south.
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