Spain Comes to the SoutheastStudy Questions

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Why did the Spanish come to the New World? (3 main reasons)

GGG•Gold •God•Glory

Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?

• 1st Spanish explorer to set foot on what is today the U.S. –April 1513

• Came in search of riches, adventure, and the Fountain of Youth

• Discovered Florida• Probably landed some where

around St. Augustine

The area called La Florida included what is today

• Florida• Georgia• Alabama• South Carolina• Mississippi

Who was Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon?

• A lawyer appointed to a judgeship on the island of Hispaniola

• Became a sugar plantation owner- worked by Indian slaves

• Many of his slaves died from diseases

Why did Ayllon travel to North America ?

• He needed more slaves to work on his sugar cane plantation

Where in Georgia did Ayllon try to establish a settlement?

• 1st along the Carolina coast• Then in McIntosh County, Georgia• On what is today Sapelo Island

What did Allyon name his settlement?San Miguel de Guadape

What happened to San Miguel de Gualdape?

• The settlement failed• Cold weather• Leader (Ayllon) died• Many of the settlers died of illness• Panic broke out over lack of food and shelter• Revolt broke out among the slaves• Survivors set sail for Hispaniola (only 150)

Hernando de Sotohttp://www.biography.com/people/hernando-de-soto-38469

Why did de Soto decide to explore North America?

• Looking for gold

http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/story/hernando_de_soto

10. When did de Soto enter Georgia?

• March 1540

11. Which Indians did de Soto encounter on his travels through Georgia?

• Mississippians

12. Was de Soto’s expedition through Georgia successful? Explain.

• No• Found no gold

13. How did de Soto’s expedition impact the Indians of Georgia?

• Hundreds of Georgia Indians died• From exposure to European diseases• From guns which they had

French Claims in the Southeast

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14. Who was Giovanni de Verrazano?

• Sailed from France• Like Columbus believed he could reach the Far

East by sailing West • Landed on the coast of Carolina and sailed

northward to Nova Scotia • France based their claim to part of North

America on Verrazano’s travels

Jean Ribault

15. Who was Jean Ribault?

• A French Huguenot (Protestant)• 1562 – brought a band of 150 Huguenots• Landed on Florida’s coast• Then sailed northward landing somewhere

around Port Royal

16. Who were the Huguenots?

• French Protestants who were punished for their religious beliefs in France

17. Where did Jean Ribault settle?

• Just north of Savannah• An inlet he named Port Royal

18. Who was Pedro Menendez?

• 1565 sailed from Spain• His orders were to drive out the French

Huguenots and begin colonizing La Florida• Menendez led a surprise raid on Fort Caroline

executing its French Huguenot defenders including Ribault

Spanish Settlements in La Florida

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19. Pedro Menendez founded

St. Augustine

20. St. Augustine was Spain’s first successful settlement on the North American continent.

21. Why did St. Augustine prove to be so valuable to the Spanish?• Was an important military and political base in La

Florida• Could use the Gulf Stream to get to Europe

Spanish Missions in La Florida

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22. Why did the Spanish king build missions?

• To Christianize the Indians

23. Define the term mission

• Church outpost

24. Define the term friar.

• Church missionaries

25. What purpose did missions serve for Spanish colonization?

• Key to Spain’s plan to prepare for colonization• Native Americans were instructed in religion

and social behavior

26. For the purpose of missionary work Georgia’s coast was divided into two Spanish provinces , Guale was in the north, and Mocama was in the south.

27. Guale consisted of the coastal area between Savannah and the Altamaha Rivers

28. Mocama included the area between the Altamaha and St. Marys River.

29. Who set up the mission known as Santa Catalina de Guale?• Pedro Menendez set up the mission on

St. Catherines Island• Father Antonio and Brother Domingo Baez

were assigned to the mission

30. Briefly describe what happened during the Juanillo Rebellion. What long term effects did the rebellion have on the Spanish missions in Georgia?

• Don Juanillo was a Guale Indian, next in line to become chief

• One of the friars declared him unfit to become chief because he had two wives

• Touched off a rebellion