Florida sunshine state

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State

• Bird mocking bird
• Flower orange blossom
• Flag
• Motto In god we trust
• Map

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History

• Ponce Deleon discovers Florida in 1565, the
  Spanish owned Florida until 1763.
• The British acquired Florida through the treaty
  of Paris. But in 1783 the British gave Florida to
  Spain.
• Then in 1819 Spain signs the Adams honest treaty
  giving Florida to US. US got Florida from Spain
  on March 3, 1845.

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Geography

• Florida is in the southeast region. The highest
  point in Florida is Brittan hill located at 345
  feet. The lowest point in my state is Atlantic
  and gulf coast.
• The area size of Florida is 65758 sq mi. St.
  Johns River, Lake Okeechobee, and Lake George are
  some of Floridas lakes and rivers.

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Capital

• Floridas capital is Tallahassee.
• Tallahassee is in seat of lion county.
• The population in Tallahassee is 156512 as of
  2004. Tallahassees metropolitan area is about
  255500.

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Interesting Facts

• The governor is Charlie Crest his political party
  is republican.
• People from Cuba swim to Florida or make rafts
  to escape from Castro.
• The famous people that live there are Dwight
  Gordon, baseball player, Steve Carlton, Baseball
  player, and Fax Dunaway, the actress from the old
  King Kong.

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Conclusion

• I chose to research this state because its
  really fun to go to with your family and the
  Miami Heat play there and the Miami Dolphins.

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Credits

• www.factmonster.com
• www.citypopulation.com
• www.50states.com
• www.cultchurgrams.com
• www.infowplease.com