Republic of West Florida

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State of Florida
1810
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Status	Unrecognized state
Capital	St. Francisville
Government	Republic
Governor
• 1810	Fulwar Skipwith
Legislature	Senate and House of Representatives
Historical era	U.S. westward expansion
• Rebel capture of Fort San Carlos at Baton Rouge	September 23, 1810
• Declaration of independence from Spain	September 26, 1810
• Madison proclaims "possession should be taken"; sends Claiborne to do so	October 27, 1810
• St. Francisville acquiesces to U.S. Army	December 6, 1810
• Surrender of Baton Rouge to U.S. Army	December 10, 1810
Preceded by Succeeded by New Spain Spanish West Florida Territory of Orleans New Spain
Today part of	United States  ∟ Louisiana On July 17, 1821, Spain's governor of its West Florida province formally delivered it to U.S. General Andrew Jackson under the Adams–Onís Treaty.[1]

The Republic of West Florida (Spanish: República de Florida Occidental, French: République de Floride occidentale), officially the State of Florida, was a short-lived republic in the western region of Spanish West Florida for just over 2+1⁄2 months during 1810. It was annexed and occupied by the United States later in 1810; it subsequently became part of Eastern Louisiana.