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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Dominique de Gourgues
0 linksFrench nobleman and soldier.
French nobleman and soldier.
He is best known for leading an attack against Spanish Florida in 1568, in response to the destruction of the French Fort Caroline.
Siege of St. Augustine (1702)
5 linksThe siege of St. Augustine occurred in Queen Anne's War during November and December 1702.
The siege of St. Augustine occurred in Queen Anne's War during November and December 1702.
It was conducted by English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their Indian allies, under the command of governor of Carolina James Moore, against the Spanish colonial fortress of Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, in Spanish Florida.
Thirteen Colonies
8 linksThe Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America.
The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America.
Britain also gained Spanish Florida, from which it formed the colonies of East and West Florida.
Castillo de San Marcos
5 linksOldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida.
Oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida.
It was designed by the Spanish engineer Ignacio Daza, with construction beginning in 1672, 107 years after the city's founding by Spanish Admiral and conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, when Florida was part of the Spanish Empire.
Yamasee War
7 linksConflict fought in South Carolina from 1715–1717 between British settlers from the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee and a number of other allied Native American peoples, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Cheraw, and others.
Conflict fought in South Carolina from 1715–1717 between British settlers from the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee and a number of other allied Native American peoples, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Cheraw, and others.
Factors included the trading system, trader abuses, the Indian slave trade, the depletion of deer, increasing Indian debts in contrast to increasing wealth among some colonists, the spread of rice plantation agriculture, French power in Louisiana offering an alternative to British trade, long-established Indian links to Spanish Florida, power struggles among Indian groups, and recent experiences in military collaboration among previously distant tribes.
Yamasee
5 linksThe Yamasees (also spelled Yamassees or Yemassees ) were a multiethnic confederation of Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of present-day northern coastal Georgia near the Savannah River and later in northeastern Florida.
The Yamasees (also spelled Yamassees or Yemassees ) were a multiethnic confederation of Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of present-day northern coastal Georgia near the Savannah River and later in northeastern Florida.
The Yamasees usually did not convert to Christianity and remained somewhat separated from the Catholic Christian Indians of Spanish Florida.
Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763)
0 linksMilitary conflict fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years' War.
Military conflict fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years' War.
By the Treaty of Paris, Spain handed over Florida and Menorca to Britain and returned territories in Portugal and Brazil to Portugal in exchange for the British handing back Havana and Manila.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
3 linksSpanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
In 1527, Cabeza de Vaca appeared at the royal court in Valladolid and received an appointment as royal treasurer for an expedition to be led by conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez to explore and conquer La Florida, a portion of North America roughly comprising today's southeastern United States.
Anhaica
1 linksThe principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida.
The principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida.
In the early period of Spanish colonization, it was the capital of the Apalachee Province.
Spain and the American Revolutionary War
1 linksImportant role in the independence of the United States, as part of its conflict with Britain.
Important role in the independence of the United States, as part of its conflict with Britain.
Other goals included the reconquest of Florida (which the British had divided into West Florida and East Florida in 1763), and the resolution of logging disputes involving the British in Belize.