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The US and Spain claimed two very different areas at the same time! The Mississippi territory and Florida are the two big chunks claimed.
Great Britain.
Great Britain
The initial European power that claimed the Florida peninsula was Spain. Spain ceded it to the United States and it became a state in 1845.
Fighting began when the king of France tried to take the territory claimed by England in southern France and England also claimed the territory.
Florida was a territory state
What country first explored Ohio, and claimed it as a territory
they claimed and colonized territory in central america
In 1763, Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years' War. However, Spain regained control of Florida in 1783 after the American Revolutionary War through another treaty. Therefore, while Britain claimed Florida in 1763, it was originally a Spanish territory before that time.
The Florida territory is now known as just Florida. it is located in the Southern part of the United States.