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James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States and is considered the last of the founding fathers to become president. He was born on April 28, 1758 in Virginia, and before he became president he had a career as a soldier, governor, senator, diplomat, and a cabinet official. Monroe was a member of the Democratic Republican party (Holt). He defeated Rufus King in the presidential election to become president. His presidency began in 1817 and ended in 1825. He was the first president

in Washington on February 22, 1819 between the United States and Spain on territorial demarcation in North America. Treaty gave the transfer of Florida from Spain, the United States and defined the border between the United States and Spanish Mexico. Signatories to the agreement were US Secretary of State John Adams and Spanish Foreign Minister Luis de Onis and Gonzalez Vara. The United States has long tried to purchase from Spain the Florida but only in 1818 in the Spanish colonies there is a situation

disease and war which wreaked havoc on the Tequesta Indians. After a mere 250 years of the arrival of the Spanish, the Tequestas and other native populations in Florida were nearly gone. In 1821, Florida was sold to the United States of America for five million dollars in Spanish damage claims against the American government. After a year Florida became a territory which signified the beginning of its journey

Burnett recalled the cold fall morning in 1938 when he accompanied his new Cherokee family on their forced relocation from different parts of Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia to west of the Mississippi river, land set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans during the 19th century. The forced relocation of five major Native American tribes to Indian Territory was the result of former President Andrew Jackson’s approval of the Indian Removal Act signed

EXPERIENCE OLD FLORIDA IN RIVERBEND PARK Palm Beach County bought the land that is now Riverbend Park, located west of the Turnpike on Indiantown Road, in 1978. In the 1990s, archeologists discovered that the park is the historical site of the only two battles known to have taken place in Palm Beach County. These battles were part of the Second Seminole War, which began in 1835 when the United States Military attempted to enforce a treaty signed by some Seminoles in 1832. The Seminoles refused to comply

the essay, “A Reality of Their Own: Jameis Winston, Rape and Seminole Fandom at Florida State,” Dave Zirin argues that people should view Florida State’s star quarterback Jameis Winston, who was wrongly accused of sexual assault, as a model citizen because the school’s code of conduct and the court cleared him of any wrong doing. According to zirin, although no one knows for sure if Winston is a rapist, many now know how Florida State University handled the situation. Dave Zirin’s argument can also

an increase of additional American immigrants. This act forced many Native American tribes from their homes including five larger tribes, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creek, and Seminole. These tribes had populations were estimated to be around 65,000 people strong that lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. (Foner, 2012) The American Indians fought for their rights and beliefs through the American court system. Their other objective other than fighting for their

Florida Hospital Altamonte As the largest satellite campus within the Florida Hospital system, Florida Hospital Altamonte has been providing state-of-the-art healthcare to the community since 1973. The 340-bed hospital cares for more than 200,000 patients a year, including 73,062 emergency patients and 22,045 inpatients, and oversees over 2,300 baby deliveries annually. Physicians at Florida Hospital Altamonte annually perform approximately 10,000 surgical procedures, making it the largest and most

taking this name away from them because of differences among the community. Will proposes that “If it can, and if the Sioux then agree to let the university use their image, the NCAA ought to withdraw its objection” (Willy, 2008, para. 7). Then, he states that if “The university cannot persuade the Sioux, well, the Fighting Sioux will just have to agree that they have lost this fight,” come to a compromise, and “Take the name of the Hawks or the Eagles or of any other group that won’t object” (Willy

Americans on their way of escaping the white settlers during the Indian Removal Act. The group of tribes were called the Five Civilized Tribes. It consisted of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations. The tribes lived on land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. The land of the tribes were rich in value. The discovery of gold made the white settlers want the land of the Natives, which was found near Dahlonega, Georgia in 1928. “Trail of Tears” originated from