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Florida's first people -- The European invasion and Spanish colonization -- Spanish colonization until 1763 -- Bristish Florida and the second Spanish period -- African-American heritage -- Territory and statehood -- Seminoles and the Seminole wars -- Settler life -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction and the gilded age -- Cuba and Florida -- Florida and its railroads -- The shipping news (maritime Florida) -- Dreamers, explorers, idealists, industrialists, and power brokers -- Tourism and Florida -- World War II -- The civil rights movement -- The environment and the great Florida boom -- Artists and writers -- Hollywood in Florida -- Other sites.