1. What is the oldest city in the United States?
Colonization
What is the oldest city in the United States?

2. The oldest city
St Augustine, Florida
September 8, 1565

3. St. Augustine In 1513 – Ponce de Leon landed there, but did not stay
Fountain of Youth
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
About 70 men – married Native Americans
Brought diseases – small pox. Measles

4. St. Augustine In 1586 Sir Francis Drake, a pirate, attacked the city
The city built “Castillo de San Marcos” a fort for protection – still stands today.

5. “Castillo de San Marcos”
Defended the primary trade route to England along the Atlantic Ocean.
Defended against invasion

6. “Castillo de San Marcos”
Originally made of wood
New one made of shell stone
Walls 30 feet high & 12 feet thick
Surrounded by a moat

7. “Castillo de San Marcos”

8. “Castillo de San Marcos”
Plundered by Sir Francis Drake
A refuge for Loyalists
Used as a prison
Battle site during the American Civil war
1933- became a National Park

9. St. Augustine 1819 – Spain ceded Florida to the US
Now – a small city of about 15,000