FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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It is the only colony settled by Spain.
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It was the first European permanent settlement in America.
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It has French influenced architecture.
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It is very different today than it was in the 1600s.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St.
Detailed explanation-2: -St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish explorers long before Jamestown and the Plymouth Colony. Even before Jamestown or the Plymouth Colony, the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States was founded in September 1565 by a Spanish soldier named Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in St.
Detailed explanation-3: -Menéndez arrived in 1565 at a place he called San Augustín (St. Augustine) and established the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States, the Nation’s Oldest City offers more than charming cobblestone streets, historical landmarks and pristine beaches. It’s also a wealth of interesting stories and historical tidbits.
Detailed explanation-5: -1496: Santo Domingo, the first European permanent settlement, is built. 1497: John Cabot reaches Newfoundland.