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Ponce de Leon and his crew's expedition landed on the east coast of Florida, a name Ponce de Leon derived from the Spanish word for "flowers." The ships then sailed down the east Florida coast and then Florida Keys. They later crusied northward along the west coast of Florida for nearly 100 miles. Ponce de Leon's expedition showed that large tracts of land ripe for exploration lay to the north of the Caribbean islanda.
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Historians today believe that it was actually North Carolina's Cape Fear River that Ayllon led his group to.
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Ayllon took the colonists to a site that was in present day South Carolina, and the colony didn't have good situations there. Disease and starvation overwhelmed the settlers.
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The Spanish desired to know more about the interior of North Carolina, and as a result, Sodo sailed with a military expiditon from Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Florida. From there, his soldiers marched north to a site near (present day) Tallahassee, Florida.
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Spaniard now look northwest, as they have a secure hold on Florida. They set out for Cheasapeake Bay from the West Indies to set up a Catholic Mission, but strong winds prevented them from there, so they entered an inlet in North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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Spainiard officials saw a need to strengthen their hold on Floriday and they repsonded promptly and firmly to French threats. They tried very hard to convert Indians to Catholicism. With possession of Florida fairly secure and greater wealth to the south, Spaniards focursed their attention on the weath southwards post 1560's.
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France sent a colony under the control of Jearn Ribault to North America. They were known as Huguenots, also known as French Protestants. Some of them sought religious freedom in the New World. In April 1562, Huguenots attempted to settle near present day Port Royal, South Carolina. They chose this location because they had a need to harbor their ships, repair them, and other certain needs that no other place fit better.
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Shortly after the victory at Fort Caroline, Spanish officials organized an expedition to once again explore the interior country north of Florida. In late 1566, Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the South Carolina coast.
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To the Spanish officials, the French Fort looked like a direct threat, so in 1569, Spain sent troops under Pedro Menendez de Aviles to Florida. Menendez built a fort to St. Augustine south of Fort Caroline. While this happened, Ribault prepared for attack but a storm wrecked his fleet.
