1. Explorers and Settlements
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2. Spanish Exploration

3. Christopher Columbus Was looking for a westward route to Asia
Queen Isabel and King Fernando supported his expeditions
He landed in the Caribbean in 1492

4. Ponce de Leon First Spaniard to explore North America
1513 Explored area of Florida
Called La Florida by Spanish meaning Island of Flowers
In search of the Fountain of Youth
When attempting to establish a settlement he was attacked by Natives and killed

5. Hernando Cortez 1519 Conquered the Aztec Natives of Mexico
Exploited their wealth by stealing gold, silver and other riches
Forced them into slavery

6. Fancisco Pizarro 1531 Conquered the Incas of South America
Exploited their wealth
Forced them into slavery

7. Hernando DeSoto First to record expedition through Georgia in 1540
In search of Gold and silver
Explored much of the South Eastern US
Came up through Florida with more than 600 men

8. De Soto (Cont.) Explored Savannah and Ocmulgee River Never found gold
He encountered the Mississippian Natives

9. 90% of the Native population vanished
Natives had never seen:
Guns, steel swords, metal armor, or horses
Only weapons Natives had were made of wood and stone
Many were killed in battle or just plain murdered
Many were made slaves

10. Natives Vanished Continued
1 in 3 Natives died from
Measles, chicken pox, small pox
Because they had never been exposed to these diseases
With so few Natives left, the Spanish began to import black slaves from Africa to work in the fields and mines

11. French Settlemens

12. Jean Ribault Came with 150 men called Huguenots
Huguenots were French Protestants
Landed on Florida’s Coast and sailed north
Settled just north of present day Savannah
Huguenots built the first fort on the mainland of North America named Fort Charles
They were forced to abandon it because of famine and sickness

13. Spanish Settlements

14. Pedro Menendez
Spain sent him because they were worried about French success
He built St. Augustine
First successful settlement in North America

15. St. Augustine Menendez helped build missions Church outpost
The Friars (Church Missionaries work with the natives teaching them:
Read and write
Modern agricultural techniques
They also traded with the natives

16. Missions St. Catherine’s Island
Spanish called Santa Catalina de Guale
Georgia’s coast was called Guala named after the natives there