1 / 20

Florida

Florida. THE SUNSHINE STATE. FACTS AND FIGURES!!!. FLORIDAS’S STATE BEVERAGE IS ORANGE JUICE! YUMMY!!!!!. FLORIDA’S FLAG WAS ADOPTED IN 1990. IT HAS THE ST.ANDREW’S CROSS ON IT AND THE STATE SEAL IN THE MIDDLE SO IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A SURRENDER FLAG. GOVERNMENT!!!.

luka
Download Presentation

Florida

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Florida THE SUNSHINE STATE

  2. FACTS AND FIGURES!!!

  3. FLORIDAS’S STATE BEVERAGE IS ORANGE JUICE! YUMMY!!!!!

  4. FLORIDA’S FLAG WAS ADOPTED IN 1990. IT HAS THE ST.ANDREW’S CROSS ON IT AND THE STATE SEAL IN THE MIDDLE SO IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A SURRENDER FLAG.

  5. GOVERNMENT!!!

  6. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF FLORIDA IS ALEX SINK. ALEX SINK WAS A TEACHER IN WEST AFRICA FOR THREE YEARS!

  7. THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA IS CHARLIE CHRIST! HE CAN SERVE UP TO TWO TERMS IN THE OFFICE.

  8. HISTORY BEFORE STATEHOOD!!!

  9. IN MAY 1539, HERNANDO DE SOTO LANDED NINE SHIPS IN FLORIDA WITH OVER 620 MEN. HERNANDO DE SOTO LATER FOUND ST.AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.

  10. IN SEPTEMBER 1493, 1200 SAILORS, COLONISTS, AND SOLDIERS JOINED CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FOR HIS SECOND VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD. JUAN PONCE DE LEON WAS A MEMBER OF THIS EXPEDITION, HE WAS ONE OF 200 GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS. HE LATER FOUNDED THE REST OF FLORIDA.

  11. HISTORY AFTER STATEHOOD!!!

  12. IN 1879 FLORIDA GOT THEIR FIRST TELEPHONES! THE FIRST LOCATION WAS IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA!

  13. ALLIGATORS AND CROCADILES ARE VERY COMMON IN FLORIDA! THERE IS EVEN A TOURIST ATTRACTION WHERE YOU CAN WRESTLE REAL, LIVE ALLIGATORS!!

  14. IN 1922 FLORIDA MADE HISTORY!! THEY HAD THE MOST ORANGE CROPS AND ORANGES IN THE WORLD!! THE NUMBER OF ORANGES FILLED OVER 16,000,000 CRATES!!!

  15. ECONOMY!!!!!

  16. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (K.S.C) IS ALSO LOCATED IN FLORIDA. NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON! HIS ROCKET WAS NAMED APOLLO 11. IT WAS LAUNCHED FROM K.S.C. ON JULY 16, 1969!

  17. GEOGRAPHY!!!

  18. FLORIDA IS 58,560 SQUARE MILES! 4,308 SQUARE MILES OF THAT IS WATER! AND THE OTHER 54,252 SQUARE MILES IS LAND FLORIDA IS THE 22ndLARGEST STATE!

  19. FLORIDA IS THE 3rd WETTEST STATE. LAKE OKEECHOBE IS THE 2nd LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS 700 SQUARE MILES.

  20. THANK YOU SOOOOOOO!!!! MUCH!!-BRIDGER!!!

More Related