East Florida in the Revolutionary Era, 1763-1785

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-58838-472-0
Verlag: University of Georgia Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

In 1763, Great Britain organized the colony of East Florida—which formed the entirety of what is now the state of Florida east of the Apalachicola River. East Florida is the Revolutionary Era's fifteenth colony. Today, East Florida is forgotten and cast aside, relegated to the outskirts of Colonial and Revolutionary Era literature, if the colony is mentioned at all. Such relegation leads many to assume that nothing significant must have happened there. Nothing is further from the truth. In 1775, a violent border war erupted between East Florida and the state of Georgia; two noteworthy Revolutionary War battles were fought on East Florida soil; and three American invasions failed to bring East Florida into the rebellion. In East Florida in the Revolutionary Era, 1763-1785, historian George Kotlik provides the first comprehensive and detailed history of British East Florida, drawing attention to the colony's early development and connection to the American Revolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kotlik, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Über Autor(innen)

George Kotlik is a historian who specializes in eighteenth-century North American history and specifically the American Revolutionary era. He has contributed to a number of historical publications, including the Journal of the American Revolution, The Hessians: Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Emerging Revolutionary War Era, the Seven Years' War Association Journal, Augusta Richmond County History, the Louisiana Genealogical Register, the Loyalist Gazette, the New York History Review, the Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, and Florida Reflections. Kotlik was educated at Oxford University and currently calls Florida home.