Two hundred years ago in Florida, the valleys of the St. Marys
and the St. Johns seethed with intrigue as a band of settlers
audaciously conspired to overthrow the Spanish colonial government.
Long a specialist in Florida history, Congressman Charles E.
Bennett in this book traces France's attempt to gain control of
Florida in 1793-95 by supporting this abortive rebellion.
From a wilderness inhabited only by Indians Florida evolved into
a region of wealth in Indian trade and one of political importance
to rival European factions. Discovered by Spain in the early
sixteenth century, Florida's northern frontier was colonized in the
late 1700s, mainly by Anglo-Saxons who were unhappy living under
Spanish rule.
Initially supported by the French, a group of the colonists
plotted a revolt, which was officially repudiated by France in 1794
when its governing power changed hands. The Anglo-Saxons continued
the conspiracy, quietly encouraged by the French. Eventually
arrested and tried by the Spanish, many of these men were
landowners who had sworn loyalty to Spain. Bennett has recreated
this intriguing scenario through translations of the original
Spanish documents of the criminal proceedings against these
revolutionaries and through their personal correspondence.
Bennett places these events in the contemporary scene of
European and American affairs: the United States playing the
careful and ambiguous role of a neutral, marking the beginnings of
an American foreign policy; France, in revolt at home and at war
with Spain, struggling to gain a foothold in the New World; and
Spain, trying to maintain its weakening hold in North America. The
territorial ambitions of these three nations mirrored ideological
and political conflicts in Europe and helped to shape the two-party
system in the United States.
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