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    Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County. It was...
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    French at Fort Caroline. On September 20, 1565, a Spanish force from the nearby Spanish settlement of St. Augustine attacked Fort Caroline, and killed...
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    Spanish assault on French Florida (category French forts in the United States)
    Sound, and the subsequent arrival of René Goulaine de Laudonnière at Fort Caroline, on the St. Johns River in June 1564. The Spanish laid claim to a vast...
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  • Virginia Fort Caroline, the first French colony in what is now the United States Caroline Church and Cemetery, Setauket, New York "La Caroline" (C. P....
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    establish Fort Caroline, in what is now Jacksonville. The French establishment was wiped out by the Spaniards in 1565. With the capture of Fort Caroline, Huguenots...
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    quickly set out to attack Fort Caroline, traveling overland from St. Augustine. At the same time, Ribault sailed from Fort Caroline, intending to attack St...
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    Carolina. Two years later, he took over command of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida. He and many of his followers died...
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    Charlesfort, but left after a year when they were not resupplied by France. Fort Caroline established in present-day Jacksonville, Florida, in 1564, lasted only...
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    about 30 miles south of the newly established French settlement at Fort Caroline on the St. Johns River. Menéndez had not known that the French had already...
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    Florida, forging friendly relations with the French Huguenot settlers at Fort Caroline in 1564 and later becoming heavily involved in the Spanish mission system...
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