The Union Jack now waved above all Florida from the coast to the Mississippi. For administrative purposes the British split their new provinces formally into East and West Florida. the Apalachicola River serving as the dividing line. After this. trade. especially in West Florida. developed rapidly. and by the end of Britains brief tenure in 1783. the Floridas were enjoying a fair degree of prosperity. One of the interesting features of the British regime was the program of colonization. The British encouraged immigration from Europe. and in 1768 a Scotsman by the name of Dr. Andrew Turnbull landed a group of settlers in New Smyrna. Fla.
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