Why did spain settle St.Augustine?
Do you know why Spain settled in St. Augustine? I found this information from documents A,B,C and D. Why did Spain move and claim St. Augustine? Why did Spain settle St. Augustine?
In this document it will begin with treasure then religion and colinisationation at last. St. Augustine was a great place for Spain to settle and store treasures. The Spanish fleets used two ships to transport the treasure to St. Augustine. A large ship to to transport the treasure and a smaller ship to serve as protection against the French and Pirates who would sometimes attack the Spanish fleets for their treasure (Doc C). The Spanish fleets would use the gulfstream current to travel easily to Columbia to pick up gold and …show more content…
Augustine by raising the Christian cross with the Spanish Christians and Indians (Doc A). Captain Pedro Menendez sent a letter to Spain requesting additional Christian people to be sent to St. Augustine to help spread Christianity in Florida. This list including, four christian teachers, and twelve Christian Christian children. By Spain sending the Teachers and Children, the Indians would feel better about sending their children with the Spanish children to learn the doctrine of Christianity. By teaching the Indians and their children about Christianity, they would grow up to be good Christians and help spread Christianity to all the Indians in the “New World.”
To help Spain establish colonies in Florida, they sent a lot of people from Spain to live in St. Augustine. Spain requested 1,000 more soldiers to come to St. Augustine to protect the colony from the French (Doc D). Spain sent over about 1,000 people, 170 Sailors, 570 Soldiers, 137 Tradesmen, 117 Farmers, 7 Priests, and 27 Families. Some of the Tradesmen included tailors, shoemakers, sawyers, stone-cutters, blacksmiths, and hatmakers. However, only 800 people made it through the Atlantic storms to the “New World.” The strong Atlantic storms killed about 200 people during the journey from Spain to
Do you know why Spain settled in St. Augustine? I found this information from documents A,B,C and D. Why did Spain move and claim St. Augustine? Why did Spain settle St. Augustine?
In this document it will begin with treasure then religion and colinisationation at last. St. Augustine was a great place for Spain to settle and store treasures. The Spanish fleets used two ships to transport the treasure to St. Augustine. A large ship to to transport the treasure and a smaller ship to serve as protection against the French and Pirates who would sometimes attack the Spanish fleets for their treasure (Doc C). The Spanish fleets would use the gulfstream current to travel easily to Columbia to pick up gold and …show more content…
Augustine by raising the Christian cross with the Spanish Christians and Indians (Doc A). Captain Pedro Menendez sent a letter to Spain requesting additional Christian people to be sent to St. Augustine to help spread Christianity in Florida. This list including, four christian teachers, and twelve Christian Christian children. By Spain sending the Teachers and Children, the Indians would feel better about sending their children with the Spanish children to learn the doctrine of Christianity. By teaching the Indians and their children about Christianity, they would grow up to be good Christians and help spread Christianity to all the Indians in the “New World.”
To help Spain establish colonies in Florida, they sent a lot of people from Spain to live in St. Augustine. Spain requested 1,000 more soldiers to come to St. Augustine to protect the colony from the French (Doc D). Spain sent over about 1,000 people, 170 Sailors, 570 Soldiers, 137 Tradesmen, 117 Farmers, 7 Priests, and 27 Families. Some of the Tradesmen included tailors, shoemakers, sawyers, stone-cutters, blacksmiths, and hatmakers. However, only 800 people made it through the Atlantic storms to the “New World.” The strong Atlantic storms killed about 200 people during the journey from Spain to