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University of Florida
University of Florida at Gainesville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1853 at Ocala, moved to Gainesville in 1906. The Center for Latin American Studies, the Whitney Marine Laboratory, and the Florida Museum of Natural History are among its research facilities. ... Read more
Florida Keys
Florida Keys chain of coral and limestone islands and reefs, c.150 mi (240 km) long, extending from Virginia Key, S of Miami Beach, to Key West, and forming the southern extremity of Florida. Between the Keys and the mainland lies Florida Bay; they are separated from Cuba by the Straits of Florida.... Read more
Florida
Florida , state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and Alabama (N). Facts and Figures Area, 58,560 sq mi (151,670 sq km). Pop. (2000) 15,982,378, a 23.5% increase since the 199... Read more
Plantation
Plantation city (1990 pop. 66,692), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1953. The city has grown rapidly along with the development of S Florida. Major housing developments and the presence of banking companies have marked Plantation's urban boom. The National Hockey... Read more
Henry Morrison Flagler
Henry Morrison Flagler 1830-1913, American financier and real-estate developer, b. Hopewell, near Canandaigua, N.Y. As a youth he struck out for himself in Ohio. After trying the grain and salt business, he joined John D. Rockefeller in oil refining. The firm of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler... Read more
Lakeland
Lakeland resort city (1990 pop. 70,576), Polk co., central Fla., in the highland region; inc. 1885. It is an important processing and shipping center for a citrus-fruit and phosphate-mining region and is a retail trade center that serves a large area. The Florida Citrus Commission, other state citr... Read more
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America Also called the Confederacy. the eleven southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, thus precipitating the Civil War.... Read more
William Pope Duval
William Pope Duval , 1784-1854, American frontiersman, territorial governor of Florida (1822-34), b. near Richmond, Va. He went to Kentucky as a young man, studied law, and began practicing at Bardstown c.1804. Duval was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1813-15) and U.S. judge in East Florida (1... Read more
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León , c.1460-1521, Spanish explorer, first Westerner to reach Florida. He served against the Moors of Granada, and in 1493 he accompanied Columbus on his second voyage to America. From 1502 to 1504 he assisted in the conquest of Higuey (the eastern part of Hispaniola, now the D... Read more
John Bartram
John Bartram , 1699-1777, pioneer American botanist, b. near Darby, Pa. He had no formal schooling but possessed a keen mind and a great interest in plants. In 1728 he purchased land along the banks of the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia and planted there the first botanical garden in the United ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Jay,Florida"

jay
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and the Canada jay. The Canada jay is gray, about 12 in. (30 cm...jack, and moose bird. The common jay is of wide distribution and is hunted...the male helps incubate them. The Florida, or scrub, jay has blue markings and no crest...
Doctrines
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Doctrines Marc Jay Selverstone Since virtually...holdings — West Florida — led Congress...power. Interest in wrenching Florida free from Spanish control...weakness and secure title to Florida as well as to regions in...
Bernardo de Gálvez
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...daring conquest of Pensacola, in Florida, in May 1781. At the end of...of Louisiana, East and West Florida, and Cuba; and elevation to...the new United States over the Florida boundary question, a treaty...negotiations that led to the Jay-Gardoqui treaty in 1786...
Robert R. Livingston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...defense of New York. With John Jay and Gouverneur Morris, he drafted...1788 he, Hamilton, and John Jay were leading Federalist delegates...Federalists. He fought against Jay's Treaty and maintained strong...New Orleans and, if possible, Florida, Napoleon decided to abandon...
Devos, Richard
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...in the 1990s he gave $14 million to a Florida church. DeVos met his lifetime friend...conservative Christian and business partner Jay Van Andel. Company legend has it that...election. Edward DeVos and his partner Jay Van Andel retired and focused their efforts...
James Monroe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...major agent in acquiring Louisiana and Florida, authored the celebrated American foreign...the fight against the proposal of John Jay, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to negotiate...French Revolution. The ratification of Jay's Treaty led to a worsening of relations...
Bases, Military: Development of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...the seacoast fortifications such as Fort Jay (1794) on Governors Island in New York...the other navy yards. Acquisition of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican territories...were navy yards created at Pensacola, Florida, in 1825, and Mare Island, San Francisco...
Ernesto Guevara
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Chile, riding a raft on the Amazon, and taking a plane to Florida. He returned to Argentina to resume his studies, graduating...1967. The next day Guevara was executed. Further Reading Jay Mallin, ed., Che Guevara on Revolution (1969), contains...
School Vouchers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...which led to voucher pilot sites in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida. In 2001, the Rand Corporation published a research report...Charter Schools. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Education. Greene, Jay D., Paul E. Peterson, and Jiangtao Du. 1996. "Effectiveness...
Madison, James
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...process, Madison collaborated with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay on the Federalist Papers , writing twenty‐nine of...neutral trade policies, and in the same year Madison seized West Florida from Spain, thereby consolidating U.S. control of the Gulf...

Dictionary entries related to "Jay,Florida"

Spain, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...spoils of war, Spain recovered Florida (lost to Britain in 1763...perspective, loosely governed Spanish Florida was a refuge for hostile Native...the west. In the aftermath of Jay's Treaty in November 1794...American claim regarding the Florida border, gave up their claims...
Land Claims
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...their villages. In the 1794 Jay's Treaty with Great Britain...acres of land. The purchase of Florida by the United States in 1819...than 2.7 million acres. The Florida claims, though large in acreage...of these grants allowed some Florida families to build large estates...
Treaties, Negotiation and Ratification of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in the eighteenth century were Jay's Treaty (1794) and the Pinckney...President Washington appointed John Jay to negotiate a settlement of...war. Under the terms of the Jay Treaty, signed on 19 November...the United States and Spanish Florida was established at the thirty...
Paris, Treaty of (1783)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Gulf Coast in the area that became Florida and Texas. Britain also wanted to limit...diplomats John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens engaged in a shrewd...long siege of Gibraltar had failed. John Jay, in particular, had great fear that France...
Blount Conspiracy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...driving the Spaniards out of Louisiana and Florida. This was to be accomplished by a land...relations of the United States. After Jay's Treaty of 1795, relations between...when the United States formally purchased Florida from Madrid. BIBLIOGRAPHY Brown, Ralph...
Foreign Policy
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Washington restored trade with Britain through Jay's Treaty (1794). Pinckney's Treaty...1867. It saw the acquisition of West Florida from Spain (1810) and the Adams-On...Treaty (1819), which brought in East Florida, Spanish confirmation of the Louisiana...
Blow-Up
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Max, in Film Quarterly (Berkeley), Spring 1967. Cocks, Jay, in Take One (Montreal), April 1967. Bean, Robin, in...and the Photographic Image," in Post Script (Jacksonville, Florida), Fall 1985. Harris, Thomas, "Rear Window and Blow-Up...
Memorias del Subdesarrollo
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Alea Affair," in Film 73/74, edited by David Denby and Jay Cocks, Indianapolis, 1974. Lesage, Julia, "Images of Underdevelopment...Memories of Underdevelopment," in Post Script (Jacksonville, Florida), Winter 1984. Alexander, W., "Class, Film Language...
Rashomon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...in Cinéma (Paris), June-July 1955. Leyda, Jay, in Film Culture (New York), no. 10, 1956. Iida, Shinbi...Film 1940–80," in Post Script (Jacksonville, Florida), Autumn 1986. Boyd, D., "Rashom
Reynolds, Burt
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Waycross, Georgia, 11 February 1936. Education: Attended Florida State College; Palm Beach Junior College. Family: Married...McKlusky); The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (Sarafian) (as Jay Grobart) 1974 The Longest Yard (Aldrich) (as Paul Crewe...

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'Half Baked' star to replace Jay Mohr in U. Florida Gator Growl
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/9/2001; ; 569 words ; ...10-09-2001 (Independent Florida Alligator) (U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE...recent engagement, comedian Jay Mohr canceled his performance...not sure whether University of Florida will be able to seek reimbursement...to play -- Long Island and Florida -- because those are the two...
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Jay Hamburg column: Central Florida to get commuter rail while Northeast flies.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 8/7/2006; 700+ words ; Byline: Jay Hamburg Aug. 7--While Central Florida gets ready for its first commuter...Web sites as they ride. Central Florida's commuter line is still three...physical equipment, as the state of Florida and city of Maitland found recently...
OF Jay Gibbons released by Florida Marlins
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/13/2009; 537 words ; Outfielder Jay Gibbons was released Friday by the Florida Marlins, a setback in his bid to revive his career after admitting he used human growth hormone. The Marlins made the move even...
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Jay Hamburg column: Nurses rank Florida in bottom third for road-safety laws.(Column)
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 11/20/2006; 700+ words ; Byline: Jay Hamburg Nov. 20--Florida didn't do well in a new study that...District of Columbia rank higher than Florida, according to a new study by the...helmets and vehicle-safety belts. Florida does not have mandatory motorcycle...
Florida Scrub-Jay: One Step Forward, A Big Step Back
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 1/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...approach to large-scale monitoring of Florida scrub-jay populations. The Florida scrub-jay is the only bird species that lives only...suppression. "The best way to help the Florida scrub-jay survive is for people to support prescribed...
Reproductive success, territory size, and predation pressures of the Florida Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) at Savannas Preserve State Park.
Newspaper article from: Endangered Species Update; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Abstract The Florida Scrub-jay is found only in the fire-dependent...de Florida. Introduction The Florida Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is...behavior and site tenacity make the Florida Scrub-jay vulnerable to changes within the...
Invasive fire ants depredate nest of Florida Scrub-Jay.(SHORT COMMUNICATIONS)(Report)
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 12/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...turtles, Allen et al. 2001). Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens...threatened, cooperatively breeding Florida Scrub-Jay were at Archbold Biological...of the federally threatened Florida Scrub-Jay by S. invicta. OBSERVATIONS...
How to become a steward of the Florida scrub-jay.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 5/30/2007; 700+ words ; ...orientation program at 8 a.m. at the Florida Scrub-Jay Trail in Clermont. In the three-hour...stewards can learn about the status of the Florida scrub-jay and its habitat, tour the Florida Scrub-Jay Trail, observe a family of resident...
Dive into Florida scrub-jay program.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 4/3/2007; 700+ words ; ...stewardship-orientation program at the Florida Scrub-Jay Trail in Clermont at 8 am. In this three...program, stewards can learn about the Florida scrub-jay and its habitat; tour the Florida Scrub-Jay Trail; observe one of the resident jays...
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ANNOUNCES ITS 90-DAY FINDING ON PETITIONS TO RECLASSIFY FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/25/2006; 700+ words ; ...petitions seeking to reclassify the Florida scrub-jay from threatened to endangered...or opinion as to whether the Florida scrub-jay should be reclassified...to the conservation of the Florida scrub-jay across its range," said Dave...