USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1670, Englishmen captured on a vessel near the Savannah River were brough to St. Augustine as prisoners. Three of them were masons, and they were soon enlisted to help build the Castillo.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1738, the Spanish governor of Florida chartered the settlement of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, or Fort Mose for short, as a settlement for those fleeing slavery from the English colonies in the Carolinas.

Detailed explanation-3: -This map shows the fortifications that protected St. Augustin in the early 18th century. Fort Mose was the northernmost official fortress protecting Spanish Florida.

Detailed explanation-4: -St. Augustine was to serve two purposes: as a military outpost, or Presidio, for the defense of Florida, and a base for Catholic missionary settlements throughout the southeastern part of North America.