State of Muskogee
The State of Muskogee was a proclaimed sovereign nation located in Florida, founded in 1799 and led by William Augustus Bowles, a Loyalist veteran of the American Revolutionary War who lived among the Muscogee, and envisioned uniting the Native Americans of the Southeast into a single nation that could resist the expansion of the United States. Bowles enjoyed the support of the Miccosukee (Seminole) and several bands of Muscogee. He envisioned his state as eventually growing to encompass the Cherokee, Upper and Lower Creeks, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, in parts of present-day Georgia and Alabama.
State of Muskogee | |||||||||||
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Flag of the State of Muskogee | |||||||||||
| Motto: Libertad o Muerte (Spanish) (English: "Liberty or Death") | |||||||||||
| Status | Republic | ||||||||||
| Capital | Mikasuke (near Tallahassee) | ||||||||||
| Largest city | N/A | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish, English, Muskogean languages | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic, Native American religions | ||||||||||
| Government | Free State | ||||||||||
| Director General | |||||||||||
• 1799–1803 | William Augustus Bowles | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Chamber of Deputies | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Independence declared | 1799 | ||||||||||
• Capture of William Bowles | May 24 1803 | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1799 | 50,000-60,000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | USD | ||||||||||
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