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Spanish explorers had claimed huge tracts of land in the New World. They sent gold and silver to Spain. From their base on Hispanola in the Caribbean Sea,Spainish officals eyed on the North America coast eagerly.
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One spanish official who had his eye on the mainland north of Florida was was Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon. He had seen some of the Alantic coastline of this region on an exedition in. Ayllon intended to plant a strong colony for Spain along that coast
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Ayllon led a group of over 500 men, women , & Children to a river he called "Jordan". Historians think that it is actually North Carolina's Cape Fear River.
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Only 150 colonist remained & returned to Hispaniola.
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He sailed with a military exedition from Havana,Cuba to the west coast of Florida. They marched towards Tallhassee, Florida.
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The alantic region that is today part of the southeastern North America.
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They are military leaders and adventures had taken firm control of mineral-rich lands in present-day Mexico and Peru
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Ribault's Huguenots attempted to settle near preasent day Port Royal, South Carolina.
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Jan Ribault had a colony nder him to North America. The colonist were Huguenots or French Protestants =were sometimes persecuted in Catholic France.
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The Huguenot's gave u at Port Royal this year. Rene de Laudonniere led a group of colonist they settled at Fort Caroline,on the north Florida coast
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To Spanish officals, the French fort was a direct threat.Spain sent troops under Pedro Menendez de Aviles to Florida. A storm wrecked his fleet however menendez lost no time in dealing with the French defenders. IN the fllowing years Menendez built forts throughout Florida to strengthen Spain's grip. St. Augustine is the oldest permanent European settlement in the present day.
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With possession of Florida fairly secure and greater wealth to te south,Spaniards focused their attention southward
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An exadition set out for Chesapeake Bay from the West Indies to set up a Catholic mission.
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They got back on their ships after the had explored the land breifly. They could not sail to Chesapeake Bay so they went back to West Indies.
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They landed at the tip of Currituck Inlet. There Pedro de Corons a leader of the expadition marked their landing by placing a wooden cross on the shore.
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Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the South Carolina coast. They took the same route like 25 years ago.