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Spain ceded East Florida to the USA in 1819. A French settlement was at Fort Caroline in modern Jacksonville from 1864 to 1565. The Spanish established Saint Augustine in 1565. And East Florida was ruled by Spain from 1565 to 1763, by Britain from 1763 to 1783, and then by Spain until 1819.

Spain ceded East Florida to the USA in 1819. A French settlement was at Fort Caroline in modern Jacksonville from 1864 to 1865. The Spanish established Saint Augustine in 1565. And East Florida was ruled by Spain from 1565 to 1763, by Britain from 1763 to 1783, and then by Spain until 1819.

[added Oct. 8, 2023. So I guess that the most probable locations for the Addams family in the Addams Family (1965) by Jack Sharkey, 1965, should be in the area around Parris Island, South Carolina, or the area around Jacksonville and Augustine, Florida, or the area around Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama, or the area around Natchez, Mississippi. And the last three areas seem more probable because the USA acquired them directly from Spain.]

[added Oct. 8, 2023. So I guess that the most probable locations for the Addams family in the Addams Family (1965) by Jack Sharkey, 1965, should be in the area around Parris Island, South Carolina, or the area around Jacksonville and Saint Augustine, Florida, or the area around Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama, or the area around Natchez, Mississippi. And the last three areas seem more probable because the USA acquired them directly from Spain.]

[added 10-09-2023. That same chapter says that Uncle Fester served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. That might indicate Fester came from one of the 13 colonies, but he might have been a more or less foreign volunteer like Lafayette, von Steuben, Pulaski, etc.]

I am rather surprised that there are any regions in the USA which have been ruled by Spain, France, and Britain, and I suspect that Jack Sharkey would have been equally surprised to learn that there were places which had been ruled by everyone he mentioned (except the Aztecs).

[added Oct. 8, 2023. So I guess that the most probable locations for the Addams family in the Addams Family (1965) by Jack Sharkey, 1965, should be in the area around Parris Island, South Carolina, or the area around Jacksonville and Augustine, Florida, or the area around Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama, or the area around Natchez, Mississippi. And the last three areas seem more probable because the USA acquired them directly from Spain.]

I am rather surprised that there are any regions in the USA which have been ruled by Spain, France, and Britain, and I suspect that Jack Sharkey would have been equally surprised to learn that there were places which had been ruled by everyone he mentioned (except the Aztecs).