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16 Deerfield Beach Broward 64,583 75,018 80,863 +7.79% The British governors were directed to call general assemblies as soon as possible in order to make laws for the Floridas and in the meantime they were with the advice of councils to establish courts This was the first introduction of the English-derived legal system which Florida still has today including trial by jury habeas corpus and county-based government Neither East Florida nor West Florida sent any representatives to Philadelphia to draft the Declaration of Independence Florida remained a Loyalist stronghold for the duration of the American Revolution. ; . Following the demise of the Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans in southern Florida were referred to as "Spanish Indians" in the 1740s probably due to their friendlier relations with Spain the Creek invaded the Florida peninsula; they conquered and assimilated what was left of pre-Columbian societies into the Creek Confederacy They were joined by remnant Indian groups and formed the Seminole a new tribe by ethnogenesis the Seminole originally settled in the northern portion of the territory in addition free blacks and fugitive slaves made their way to Florida where Spain had promised slaves freedom and arms if they converted to Catholicism and pledged loyalty to Spain These African Americans gradually created communities near those of the Seminole and became known as the Black Seminoles the groups acted as allies, Miami Florida Business directory. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (1925) Seasonal: Munich Reconstruction era and end of the 19th century Main article: Opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas.

The Safety Valve is a series of shallow sand flats separated by tidal flow channels stretching about 8 miles (13 km) from the south end of Key Biscayne to the Ragged Keys at the north end of the Florida Keys the term "safety valve" was applied to the tidal flats by Ralph Munroe who argued against building a causeway and bridges connecting Key Biscayne to the Ragged Keys and beyond on the grounds that such construction would block the free outflow of storm surges from the bay across the flats to the ocean It is believed that it does moderate the effects of storm surges on the bay the transportation of sand southward along the Atlantic Coast of Florida by longshore drift ends in the area of the Safety Valve the structure of the Safety Valve has been stable for at least the last century Stiltsville is a collection of buildings on pilings on several sand flats at the northern end of the Safety Valve! . . Twentieth century Plymouth Congregational Church in Coconut Grove, 3.1 Race ethnicity religion and languages Downtown as seen from the Port of Miami. .