The Secession of the Fifteen Colonies

The English colonies of America which successfully seceded with the Peace of Paris on September 3, 1783, were, ultimately, fifteen. Two of them, which included the oldest colonial settlement, East Florida and West Florida, were given back to Spain which had ruled "La Florida" for two centuries, 1563-1763.

A Spanish hero of the American Revolution was the military leader and governor of Louisiana, Bernardo Galvez. The statue pictured here, a 1976 gift of the king of Spain, is in Washington, D.C., Virginia Avenue and 22nd Street.

The 4 hr. version of the above docudrama of La Florida is available on DVD under the title "America's Untold Story."