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French Protestants were victims of religious warfare and wanted to escape for religious freedom like the English pilgrims. Chance for a new life and a chance to attack Spanish treasure ships sailing back to the US |
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Admiral Pedro Menendez |
Established St Augustine in Florida and led his troops to Ft Caroline |
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When did Pedro Menendez travel with his troops to Ft Caroline? |
September 1565 |
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Why was Menendez's travel so difficult? |
Tropical storms, starvation, hostile native warriors, and rain swollen rivers |
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What was St Augustine? |
A base for Pedro Menendez and his troops. Was the first permanent EU settlement in the US |
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What was Ft Caroline? |
A settlement which was occupied by a few hundred French Protestants. France's first colonists in the new world and the true first pilgrims of America. |
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When did the Spanish attacked the French? |
September 20, 1565 at night during a storm. |
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What was the results of the Battle? |
It lasted less than an hour as they were easily overwhelmed. 132 soldiers and civilians were killed and only one soldier on the Spanish side was injured. |
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What happened to the surviving French people? |
The French men were hanged and the women and children were taken to Puerto Rico |
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Why was Ft Caroline attacked? |
Pedro Menendez thought they were Lutherans but they were actually Mugenots (French Protestants) |
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Why was it so easy for Ft Caroline to be attacked? |
Because Jean Ribault (one of their leaders) sailed off with 600 other men on the ship Trinite because they wanted to attack the spanish |
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Why didn't Jean Ribault didn't get to the Spanish? |
They were devastated by the hurricane |
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What happened to Jean Ribault and his men? |
The surviving were outed by the natives and captured by the spanish. The ones who didn't convert to Christianity were put to death |
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October 11 |
French survivors including Jean Ribault surrendered to Spanish, some escaped, 134 executed with only a dozen spared |
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What was Ft Matanzas? |
Made to protect St Augustine from attacks in 1742. The Spanish word for "killings". near the site of Ft Caroline |
