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Christopher Columbus tries to find a route to India but discovers North America instead. This results in him colonizing the New World.
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Juan Ponce de Leon was the first documented European to land on the Florida peninsula. He named the peninsula Florida. He landed in the Esat Cost, near present-day St. Augustine
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He led let a second expedition into Florida. He arrived in 1536 and started in 1527.
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European diseases killed 90% of the people in Florida. People in Florida have never seen these diseases so they were not immune to them.
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They established missions in Florida (Southeast Florida). They forced the people to live near the missions.
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African Slaves were imported from Africa to St. Augustine.
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Missions were established in the Apalachee territory.
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English take over the Spanish missions and destroy them.
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James Oglethorpe invades St. Augustine. He was an English General.