Florida (U.S. state)/Related Articles
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
- See also changes related to Florida (U.S. state), or pages that link to Florida (U.S. state) or to this page or whose text contains "Florida (U.S. state)".
Parent topics
- United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
- Confederate States of America: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. [e]
Fauna
- the Florida Cottonmouth: Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti (a venomous snake)
- the Florida coral snake: Micrurus fulvius (a venomous snake)
Places
- Jacksonville, Florida: Add brief definition or description
- Miami, Florida: Add brief definition or description
- Orlando, Florida: A city in the U.S. state of Florida; home to Walt Disney World, Sea World Orlando, and the University of Central Florida. [e]
- Tallahassee, Florida: Capital of the U.S. state of Florida. [e]
- Tampa, Florida: Add brief definition or description
- Atlantic Ocean: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
- Gulf of Mexico: An ocean basin off the Atlantic Ocean that is mostly surrounded by the southeast corner of North America. [e]
- Key West: Terminal island of the Florida Keys [e]
U.S. Military
- Eglin Air Force Base: Add brief definition or description
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville: Add brief definition or description
- Naval Station Mayport: Add brief definition or description
- Patrick Air Force Base: Add brief definition or description
- Tyndall Air Force Base: Add brief definition or description
Federal facilities
- John F. Kennedy Space Center: On the Florida coast at Cape Canaveral, the primary launch site for U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and military satellites whose orbits benefit from an eastern starting point (i.e., principally those not in polar or Moliyna orbit; supported by Patrick Air Force Base [e]
Federal lands
- Biscayne National Park: Add brief definition or description
- Dry Tortugas National Park: Add brief definition or description
- Everglades National Park: A national park located in the U.S. state of Florida, preserving the southern portion of the Everglades. [e]
- Apalachicola National Forest: Add brief definition or description
- Ocala National Forest: Add brief definition or description
- Osceola National Forest: Add brief definition or description
Florida state history
- Adams-Onís Treaty: A 1819 treaty between Spain and the United States which ceded the Spanish territory of Florida to the US and settled the boundary between the United States and the Spanish territory of Mexico. [e]
- Spanish Florida: Spanish colony, originally a large, unbounded area in what is now the United States, much reduced in size by time the United States acquired it. [e]
- Second Seminole War: A conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and various groups of Native Americans collectively known as Seminoles. [e]
- Seminole Wars: conflicts between British colonies and then later the United States and Indians in Florida known as Seminoles, and in particular the First, Second and Third Seminole Wars [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
Sports
- Miami Heat: A National Basketball Association team based in Miami, Florida. [e]
- Florida Gators, athletic teams of the University of Florida
- Florida Marlins, former name of the Miami Marlins (Major League Baseball team)
- Florida Panthers, National Hockey League franchise based in Sunrise, Florida
History
- the Florida Treaty, a.k.a. Adams-Onís Treaty
- Seminole
- Seminole Wars
- First Seminole War
- Spanish Florida
- Key West
- History of the United States of America
- Colonial America
- British Empire
Education
State University System
- Florida A&M University: Add brief definition or description
- Florida Atlantic University: Add brief definition or description
- Florida Gulf Coast University: Add brief definition or description
- Florida International University: Add brief definition or description
- Florida State University: Add brief definition or description
- New College of Florida: Add brief definition or description
- University of Central Florida: Add brief definition or description
- University of Florida: Add brief definition or description
- University of North Florida: Add brief definition or description
- University of South Florida: Add brief definition or description
- University of West Florida: Add brief definition or description
Private universities and colleges
- Barry University: Add brief definition or description
- Bethune-Cookman University: Add brief definition or description
- Eckerd College: Add brief definition or description
- Edward Waters College: Add brief definition or description
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Add brief definition or description
- Flagler College: Add brief definition or description
- Florida College: Add brief definition or description
- Florida Institute of Technology: Add brief definition or description
- Florida Memorial University: Add brief definition or description
- Florida Southern College: Add brief definition or description
- Jacksonville University: Add brief definition or description
- Lynn University: Add brief definition or description
- Nova Southeastern University: Add brief definition or description
- Palm Beach Atlantic University: Add brief definition or description
- Rollins College: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Leo University: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Thomas University: Add brief definition or description
- Southeastern University: Add brief definition or description
- Stetson University: Add brief definition or description
- University of Miami: Add brief definition or description
- University of Tampa: Add brief definition or description
- Warner University: Add brief definition or description
- Webber International University: Add brief definition or description