1. Florida and Texas become states

3. Florida a Brief History
Originally Discovered and claimed for Spain by Ponce De Leon
Under British Control after the French and Indian War (1763)
Treaty of Paris 1783: Returns to Spanish Empire
Planters from Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas set up Plantations of Cotton and Tobacco
Settlers begin to Resist Spanish control in 1810
Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
Officially becomes an American Territory in 1821

4. Florida Becomes a State
In 1837 over half of Florida’s population was made up of slaves
The voters wanted Statehood and drafted a Constitution in 1839
Congress was concerned with the number of Slave and Free states
Florida could not enter as a slave state until March 3, 1845
Iowa enters the union as a free state the following year to balance the power in Congress

5. Texas

6. Texas a Brief History Under Spanish Control until 1821 Tejanos
Stephen F. Austin

7. The Republic of Texas (1836-1845)
Declares Independence in 1836
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
The Alamo
Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis, David Crockett
San Jacinto

8. Texas becomes a State Andrew Jackson declines statehood
Fear of War with Mexico
James K. Polk
Texas joins the Union in 1845