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As Spanish power was declining in Florida, a group of seventy Georgians and nine Floridians crossed the St. Marys River to Amelia Island on March 13, 1812, to establish the "Territory of East Florida." They read a manifesto and raised a flag with the Latin inscription, "Salus populi lex suprema," or "The safety of the people, the supreme law." President James Madison refused to acknowledge their claim, and the movement failed.
Ron DeSantis, Governor
Laurel M. Lee, Secretary of State
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Florida Department of State
Phone: 850.245.6500
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250