Some Spanish married or had unions with Pensacola Creek or African women both slave and free and their descendants created a mixed-race population of mestizos and mulattos the Spanish encouraged slaves from the southern British colonies to come to Florida as a refuge promising freedom in exchange for conversion to Catholicism King Charles II of Spain issued a royal proclamation freeing all slaves who fled to Spanish Florida and accepted conversion and baptism Most went to the area around St Augustine but escaped slaves also reached Pensacola St Augustine had mustered an all-black militia unit defending Spain as early as 1683. . As of 2014 35% of MDCPS teachers are graduates of Florida International University, Writer & Poet, Culture Demographics Social Work 88. . . M Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army.
! I-75 which spans 470 miles in Florida enters the state near Lake City (45 miles (72 km) west of Jacksonville) and continues southward through Gainesville Ocala Tampa's eastern suburbs Bradenton Sarasota Fort Myers and Naples where it crosses the "Alligator Alley" as a toll road to Fort Lauderdale before turning southward and terminating in Hialeah/Miami Lakes having interchanges with I-10 in Lake City and I-4 in Tampa It is the second longest north south interstate with a total length of 1786 miles and terminates at the Canadian border at Sault Ste Marie Michigan, Largest cities SR 874, The city's name is derived from the Miami River which is ultimately derived from the Mayaimi people who lived in the area at the time of European colonization. The following smaller general aviation airports are also in the metro area: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Downtown Miami. (28.2) 79.5 Roads The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947 though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system the area recognized as the Everglades prior to drainage was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) in size Borders between ecosystems are subtle or imperceptible These systems shift grow and shrink die or reappear within years or decades Geologic factors climate and the frequency of fire help to create maintain or replace the ecosystems in the Everglades. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 brought 150,000 Cubans to Miami the largest transport in civilian history Unlike the previous exodus of the 1960s most of the Cuban refugees arriving were poor some having been released from prisons or mental institutions to make the trip During this time many of the middle class non-Hispanic whites in the community left the city often referred to as the "white flight" in 1960 Miami was 90% non-Hispanic white but by 1990 it was only about 10% non-Hispanic white, (15.8) 63.1 Main articles: Calusa and Tequesta Licensing and franchising are two additional entry modes that are similar in operation Licensing allows a licensor to grant the rights to an intangible property to the licensee for a specified period of time for a royalty fee Franchising on the other hand is a specialized form of licensing in which the "franchisor" sells the intangible property to the franchisee and also requires the franchisee operate as dictated by the franchisor! White (Includes White Hispanics) 72.6% 66.6% 65.6% 66.6% 76.6% 77.4% 83.7% 78.5% 77.3% 68.5% 58.7% LATAM Cargo Mexico Guadalajara Los Angeles Mexico City, Limestone formations in South Florida Source: U.S Geological Survey.
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