Florida and Texas become states

Florida a Brief History Originally Discovered and claimed for Spain by Ponce De Leon Under British Control after the French and Indian War (1763) Treaty of Paris 1783: Returns to Spanish Empire Planters from Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas set up Plantations of Cotton and Tobacco Settlers begin to Resist Spanish control in 1810 Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 Officially becomes an American Territory in 1821

Florida Becomes a State In 1837 over half of Florida’s population was made up of slaves The voters wanted Statehood and drafted a Constitution in 1839 Congress was concerned with the number of Slave and Free states Florida could not enter as a slave state until March 3, 1845 Iowa enters the union as a free state the following year to balance the power in Congress

Texas

Texas a Brief History Under Spanish Control until 1821 Tejanos Stephen F. Austin

The Republic of Texas (1836-1845) Declares Independence in 1836 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna The Alamo Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis, David Crockett San Jacinto

Texas becomes a State Andrew Jackson declines statehood Fear of War with Mexico James K. Polk Texas joins the Union in 1845