In 1763, Spain's more than 200 years control of Florida ended with the colony's transfer to Britain as part of the treaty ending the French and Indian War (Seven Years War). In return, Spain recovered the city of Havana, Cuba, which English troops had captured during the conflict.

The British period of Florida's history would last only about twenty years. In 1783 the Spanish returned as a result of the treaty ending the American Revolution.

(courtesy Florida Historical Society)