A General Map of the Southern British Colonies (1776). Note the separation of East and West Florida.
The British only owned Florida for a brief moment (1763-1783), but during that time they did take a stab at turning the territory into a productive colony. In 1764, the British Parliament set aside £500 (British pounds sterling) as a bounty for cultivating silk, cotton, and indigo in East Florida, and authorized generous land grants for citizens who stepped forward to develop these industries.
The British government took a considerable interest in New Smyrna, providing money for transporting laborers and developing infrastructure. In the spring of 1767, Turnbull sailed into the Mediterranean to hire workers for his new enterprise. He encountered unexpected resistance from the Ottomans over his plan to hire away Greek workers, so he made stops in southern Italy and Minorca to pick up more. By the time Turnbull finally sailed for East Florida, he had about 1,500 workers under contract, mostly Minorcans. These settlers would be indentured servants.
Source: http://www.floridamemory.com/blog/2014/05/14/dr-andrew-turnbull-and-the-origins-of-new-smyrna-beach/
Fur Trade
https://www.peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/23-fur-trade-goods/218-fur-trade-early
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40241289?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25447
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/english-trade-deerskins-and-indian-slaves#Forces-for-Change
https://www.peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/23-fur-trade-goods/218-fur-trade-early
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40241289?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25447
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/english-trade-deerskins-and-indian-slaves#Forces-for-Change
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