So Spain formally transferred Florida to the United States during a ceremony in Pensacola on July 17, 1821, following a similar ceremony one week earlier in St. Augustine. And these two cities served as the capitals of the territories of east and west Florida. In 1822, President Monroe appointed William Pope Duval to serve as Florida's territorial governor. Taking over from General Andrew Jackson's time as Florida's first military governor. Governor Duvall established Florida's permanent seat of government in Tallahassee in 1824. People say, why, why is the Capitol in Tallahassee? (18:24–18:32)
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Asserts that Monroe appointed William Pope Duval as Florida's territorial governor in 1822.
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