EARTHSC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lightning, Florida Bonneted Bat, Unconformity
26 Oct 2017
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10,000-20,000 years ago the first humans inhabited south florida. Native americans in the area were the tequesta and the calusa. 1510 the first recorded european contact with native americans in south florida. 1565 the spanish establish st. augustine, the first permanent european city in north. 1704-1708 the english destroy the spanish florida missions, and kill or enslave thousands of native americans. By 1800 both the tequesta and calusa tribes had been wiped out by disease, war, and capture for slavery. The only evidence of their existence within the park are some shell mounds. The main tribe in south florida becomes the seminole nation. 1816-1823 the first seminole war with the united states. The stated goal was to remove the seminole from all of florida. In the treaty of moultrie creek seminoles give up 28-million acres, and they retained 4 million acres. 1832 the treaty of payne"s landing was ratified by the u. s. congress.
