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Tallahassee• It is located in Northern Florida in

what is referred to as the Florida Panhandle.

• Geographically, Tallahassee is unusual because it has primarily rolling hills.

• Weather and climate here are unusual because it has 4 seasons.

• The average low temperature is 55.7 degrees F.

• The average high• temperature is 78.7 degrees F.• Home to Florida State University

(pictured right).

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10 Largest Cities1. Jacksonville2. Miami3. Tampa4. St Petersburg5. Hialeah6. Orlando7. Fort Lauderdale8. Tallahassee9. Pembroke Pines10. Hollywood

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sMajor Highways• 10- Runs from Pensacola to

Jacksonville• 95- Runs along the Atlantic coast

from Miami to the New England states

• 4- Runs from Daytona to St. Petersburg

• 75- Runs from the Great Lakes to Miami

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Park

sNational Parks• Everglades National Park• Biscayne National Park• Big Cypress National Preserve • Dry Tortugas National ParkIn addition to the National Parks, Florida has many State parks, and many theme park including “Walt Disney World.”

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His

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Interesting History• Became State March 3, 1845• 1st governor William D. Moseley• Election of 1850…No Floridians

voted for Abraham Lincoln• One of the founding States of the

Confederate States• January 10, 1861, Florida

seceded from the Union• No Decisive battles from the Civil

War were fought in Florida• July 25, 1868, Florida was fully

restored to the United States.

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A, B, C’s of Florida Animoto Video

http://animoto.com/play/oKfGiBHlOdbopLQV38mtHw

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esSources• http://www.usacitiesonline.com/flcountytallah

assee.htm#geography

• http://www.dmvflorida.org/florida-cities.shtml• http://geology.com/cities-map/florida.shtml• http://www.floridaadventuring.com/national-p

arks-in-florida.html

• http://www.googleimages.com • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Florida_in_the_American_Civil_War• http://www.flheritage.com/facts/history/summ

ary/index.cfm

• http://www.flheritage.com/facts/symbols/symbol.cfm?id=16

• http://www.wdwinfo.com/downtown/disneyquest/dquestmain.htm

Animoto Linkhttp://animoto.com/play/oKfGiBHlOdbopLQV38mtHw

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