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To weaken the English colonies, in 1693 the Spanish offered refuge and free land to enslaved Africans who escaped to Florida.
During the 1700s, hundreds of African slaves fled to Florida.
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• Describe Spain’s colony in Florida.
• Explain how Spain established settlements throughout much of North America. • Describe the significance of the Spanish missions.
Juan de Oñ ate in New Mexico
His Goals • In 1598, Oñ ate went to New Mexico.
• He planned to find gold, convert Native Americans to Christianity, and establish a permanent colony.
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Spain’s territories north of Mexico were called the borderlands, and their main function was to protect Mexico from other European powers.
The borderlands included: • Florida • Texas • New Mexico • Arizona • Colorado • Utah • Nevada • California
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How did the Spanish establish colonies on the borderlands?
While France and England were building colonies in North America, Spain’s colonies in the Americas were already hundreds of years old.
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By 1763, there were only three major Spanish settlements in the Florida colony.
All the settlements were centered around forts, and all were in the north.
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Terms and People
• borderlands – lands along a frontier
• Juní pero Serra – a Spanish missionary who built a mission that eventually became the city of San Diego, California • presidio – a military post • pueblo – a civilian town
Early in the 1500s, Spanish explorers reached Florida, but at first they did not build permanent settlements.
Fearing that France might take over the area, Spain built a fort called St. Augustine in northern Florida.
The Spanish established colonies on the borderlands by building missions, presidios, and pueblos.
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St. Augustine was the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States.
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Spanish control was threatened as English colonies spread southward.
The Spanish had little control over the rest of Florida.
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Hale Waihona Puke 3 Section 5Spain’s most important colonies were in Mexico and South America.
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The vast area of the borderlands has many different kinds of landforms and climates, from humid lowlands to highlands, mountains, and deserts.