A report on Spanish Florida
The first major European land claim and attempted settlement in North America during the European Age of Discovery.
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Slavery in the United States
8 linksPrevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominately in states of the Southern United States.
Prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominately in states of the Southern United States.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, St. Augustine was the hub of the trade in enslaved people in Spanish Florida and the first permanent settlement in what would become the continental United States to include enslaved Africans.
Apalachee massacre
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The Apalachee massacre was a series of raids by English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their Indian allies against a largely peaceful population of Apalachee Indians in northern Spanish Florida that took place in 1704, during Queen Anne's War.
Spanish missions in Georgia
1 linksThe Spanish missions in Georgia comprised a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the Guale and various Timucua peoples in southeastern Georgia.
The Spanish missions in Georgia comprised a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the Guale and various Timucua peoples in southeastern Georgia.
Beginning in the second half of the 16th century, the Kingdom of Spain established a number of missions throughout Spanish Florida in order to convert the Native Americans to Christianity, to facilitate control of the area, and to prevent its colonization by other countries, in particular, England and France.
Siege of St. Augustine (1740)
2 linksMilitary engagement that took place during June–July 1740.
Military engagement that took place during June–July 1740.
It involved a British attack on the city of St Augustine in Spanish Florida and was a part of the much larger conflict known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Southern United States
8 linksGeographic and cultural region of the United States of America.
Geographic and cultural region of the United States of America.
The Spanish and French established settlements in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.
Mississippi Territory
8 linksOrganized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi.
Organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi.
By 1810, belief in the national policy of economic coercion was waning in what was then called the Southwest, while desire for unrestricted trade and a vindication of national honor was rising, intermingled with desire for Spanish Florida.
Fort Mose Historic State Park
5 linksFormer Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida.
Former Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida.
As early as 1689, the colonial authorities of Spanish Florida had begun to offer asylum to escaped slaves fleeing from the Virginia Colony.
History of Pensacola, Florida
0 linksThe history of Pensacola, Florida, begins long before the Spanish claimed founding of the modern city in 1698.
The history of Pensacola, Florida, begins long before the Spanish claimed founding of the modern city in 1698.
In the late 17th century the Spanish returned to the area to found the modern Pensacola as an outpost from which to defend their claims to Spanish Florida.
Santa Elena (Spanish Florida)
3 linksSanta Elena, a Spanish settlement on what is now Parris Island, South Carolina, was the capital of Spanish Florida from 1566 to 1587.
Estevanico
2 linksThe first African to explore North America.
The first African to explore North America.
In 1527 he was taken on the Spanish Narváez expedition to explore "La Florida", which at the time was composed of present-day Florida, and all unexplored lands to the north and west, including Northern Mexico.