1. Sir Francis Drake
Francis Drake was one of the most famous men of his age, having won royal favor and amassed a fortune from preying on Spanish ships and ports.
Drake received his first command in 1567 and sailed on a slave-trading venture in the Caribbean. The small fleet was attacked by Spanish ships; many English lives were lost and Drake's hatred of Spain deepened. In 1570 and 1571, Drake headed successful trading voyages to the West Indies, but he altered his path in 1572 when he turned his attention to “privateering.”

2. Privateer or Pirate? What is the difference?
A pirate is someone who raids robs and pillages.
A privateer is someone who raids, robs, and pillages with a government’s backing.

3. Drake was sent by England as a privateer
In 1585, Drake returned to sea, conducted a series of raids against Spanish positions in the Caribbean, then attacked and burned the Spanish fort town of St. Augustine in Florida in 1586.

4. Results of Drake’s exploration
Attacked and burned St. Augustine
An unofficial war between Spain and England continued for the next 20 years.
Remember that September 19th is national talk like a pirate day! (Seriously, look it up.)

5. Spanish Missions in Georgia

6. Pedro Menendez (remember him?)
Pedro Menendez de Avilles established the city of St. Augustine (the oldest city in the United States!)
Menendez made a trip up Georgia’s coast, landed on the island of St. Catherines. He started a mission.
(make sure you add St. Augustine to your U.S. map

7. What were Spanish Missions?
Spanish missions were created for the purpose of converting natives to the Catholic religion and for instructing them in how they should behave as new Catholics (new language and customs).

8. So…from the mid 1500s - late 1600s
When were they there?
in Georgia…to be exact
So…from the mid 1500s - late 1600s
By 1665, there were 38 Spanish missions serving 25,000 Native Americans.

9. Where in Georgia were they?
Along the eastern coast of Georgia and on the barrier islands.
The Spanish called them Guale.

10. Other reasons why the Spanish wanted missions in Georgia
The Spanish wanted to keep control of the land they claimed was theirs.
Juan Ponce De Leon – 1513
Hernando De Soto
This includes their right to protect Spanish shipping and trade from the French, British, and pirates.

11. Who was in charge of missions?
Friars (priests sent to be missionaries) were in charge of the missions. Friars had to answer to local chiefs in secular matters. Many times chiefs were happy with the Spanish missions because of clothing and other trade goods. BUT Sometimes things turned out very badly!

12. Negative effects of missions
Diseases spread to the Natives
Many Natives were forced to work for the Spanish and treated like slaves.
The following story is an example of how things turned out badly for the missions.

13. The Juanillo Rebellion
In 1597, Don Juanillo, a Guale Indian, was next in line to become chief.
The friars did not like that Juanillo had two wives (remember this is Native American culture).
One of the friars declared that Juanillo was “unfit” to be chief and appointed another Indian to be the chief.

14. Juanillo became very angry and kills the friar.
Then he tells other Guale Indians to rebel against the missions.
One by one the missions fall.
Mocama Indians (from further south) help, but five friars had already been executed.

15. Other reasons for decline of missions
Resistance from natives (sometimes violent)
Pirate raids (English)
Raids by Indians allied with the English (who encouraged them to fight against the Spanish missions)

16. NO NOTES: interesting fact
The last Spanish mission, located on St. Catherines Island was destroyed by pirates in 1684 after 120 years of Spanish control.