Excerpt from All the Western States and TerritoriesEnglish forces. In 1763 Florida was ceded to Great Britain in exchange for Havana.Liberal offers were now made to settlers from abroad, and, in consequence, numerous respectable citizens from the British settlements, and even a body of some people from the shores of the Mediterranean, were induced to emigrate to Florida. A portion of the territory known as West Florida was conquered by the Spanish governor of Louisiana, in 1781, and the whole was surrendered to Spain, by the treaty of Paris, in 1783.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.