Florida Admitted to the Union
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Date
March 03, 1845
Type
National
Author
hjwilson1975
Location
Tallahassee,
Florida,
United States
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Event Details
On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state to be admitted to the United States. It entered as a slave state, maintaining the balance of power between free and slave states at the time.
The territory was acquired from Spain in 1819 through the Adams-Onís Treaty and had been a U.S. territory since 1822.