The Differences Between a Criminal Case and a Civil Case. The American legal system is comprised of two very different types of cases, civil and criminal. Crimes are generally offenses against the state, and are accordingly prosecuted by the state.
Researchers at the University of West Florida say theyâve proved Spanish Explorer, Tristan de Luna established his Spanish colony of Pensacola in August of 1559. Thatâs six years before St. Augustine, which claims itâs the oldest because itâs been continuously occupied.
On Easter Sunday in 1513 de Leon named the new land âLa Floridaâ in honor of Pascua Florida, the Spanish Feast of the Flowers at Easter time. Georgia- Georgia was founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, who had been granted a charter by King George II in 1732 to found a colony named after the king. Hawaii- Captain James Cook named the islands he discovered in 1778 the Sandwich Islands in honor of his patron the Earl of Sandwich.