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The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. Florida became the 27th state in 1845.

America bought it from Spain, along with the panhandle.

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It was created by the people long a go in 1123 when they died the land was done thanks to them

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