History of the United States I / Unit 3 USH1 0302 short lesson, about 20 seconds
St Augustine, 1565
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The idea
French Huguenots built Fort Caroline in fifteen sixty-two. Pedro Menéndez destroyed it, killed most of the colonists, and founded St Augustine in fifteen sixty-five.
In practice
The oldest European settlement in the Americas, placed on the Timucua town of Seloy.
Where people slip
One action both reduced privateering and eliminated a French territorial claim.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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