A historical region of the southeast United States extending west from the Florida Panhandle to the Mississippi River. In 1810, US settlers overthrew the Spanish colonial government at Baton Rouge and established the short-lived Republic of West Florida, which was annexed by the United States three months later.
West Florida
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