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8 External links These American settlers established a permanent foothold in the area and ignored Spanish authorities the British settlers who had remained also resented Spanish rule leading to a rebellion in 1810 and the establishment for ninety days of the so-called Free and Independent Republic of West Florida on September 23 After meetings beginning in June rebels overcame the garrison at Baton Rouge (now in Louisiana) and unfurled the flag of the new republic: a single white star on a blue field This flag would later become known as the "Bonnie Blue Flag". . . . ; Black (non-Hispanic): 17.1% (6.9% (Black total 18.9% when including Black Hispanics), Water quality The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League was founded in 1993 as an expansion team They have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1996 They play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center. The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science founded by F.G Walton Smith is the University of Miami's graduate school of marine and atmospheric science Dr Roni Avissar is the Dean of the Rosenstiel School Located on a 16-acre (65,000-square-metre) campus on Virginia Key in Miami it is the only tropical applied and basic marine and atmospheric research institute of its kind in the continental United States the Rosenstiel School conducts a broad range of research on local regional national and global levels More than 100 Ph.D faculty members 150 graduate students and a research support and administrative staff of 250 comprise the academic community, 8 External links Special features Airlines Destinations Refs FIU Tianjin Center in Tianjin China.

Concourse J 2010 2,496,435 10.8% The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed. Red mangroves in Everglades National Park, In 2010 more than 63% of state voters approved the initiated Amendments 5 and 6 to the state constitution to ensure more fairness in districting These have become known as the Fair District Amendments As a result of the 2010 United States Census Florida gained two House of Representative seats in 2012 the legislature issued revised congressional districts in 2012 which were immediately challenged in court by supporters of the above amendments. . 1940s: World War II This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it (July 2011) 2.1 Limestone and aquifers 6.2.1 U.S News and World Report.