Florida

1513, the Spanish came searching for gold and silver, but they didn’t find any.But they did find excellent farmland and lots of coastline, which for shipping.But,Great Britain, France, and Spain Tried to come to Florida. then great Britain exchanged Cuba for Florida. Two decades later, part of the peace treaty that ended the revolutionary war,Spain had charge of Florida again, but their extra time was short, as new US settlers flooded in and in 1821, Spain gave Florida to the US in exchange of Texas, then Florida officially became the 27th state in 1845