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  2. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    After 1630, and throughout the 18th century, Tegesta (after the Tequesta tribe) was an alternate name of choice for the Florida peninsula following publication of a map by the Dutch cartographer Hessel Gerritsz in Joannes de Laet's History of the New World. [22] [23] [24] Further Spanish attempts to explore and colonize Florida were disastrous.

  3. John Robinson (pastor) - Wikipedia

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    Present were delegates from the United States (including his descendant Rev. William Robinson of Vermont, who was a member of the committee responsible for the marker's erection) and England, the city and University of Leiden, and the city's clergy. On this marker was inscribed: “In Memory of Rev. John Robinson, M. A.

  4. Missions in Spanish Florida - Wikipedia

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    A plaque showing the locations of a third of the missions between 1565 and 1763. Beginning in the second half of the 16th century, the Kingdom of Spain established missions in Spanish Florida (La Florida) in order to convert the indigenous tribes to Roman Catholicism, to facilitate control of the area, and to obstruct regional colonization by Protestants, particularly, those from England and ...

  5. List of missions in Spanish Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Missions of "La Florida". Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1232-5. Hann, John H. (1996b). "The Missions of Spanish Florida". In Gannon, Michael (ed.). The New History of Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University Presses of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1415-8. Larson, Lewis H. Jr. (1978). "Historic Guale Indians ...

  6. History of Christianity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Among Protestants, adherents to Anglicanism, Methodism, the Baptist Church, Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Lutheranism, Quakerism, Mennonite and the Moravian Church were the first to settle in the US, spreading their faith in the new country. Today most Christians in the United States are Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, or Roman Catholic.

  7. Indigenous peoples of Florida - Wikipedia

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    Recorded information on various groups ranges from numerous detailed reports to the mere mention of a name. Some of the indigenous peoples were taken into the system of Spanish missions in Florida, others had sporadic contact with the Spanish without being brought into the mission system, but many of the peoples are known only from mention of ...

  8. Minorcans of Florida - Wikipedia

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    They were captured by a British frigate and brought to St. Augustine. They were sent back to the colony, except for two who were executed. Workers who were seen as slacking were beaten, stockaded, or chained to heavy iron balls. [2] Despite the privations experienced, the settlers were able to clear land, plant crops, and erect housing.

  9. Spanish missions in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The clergy were most interested in converting the souls of the indigenous, by any means possible. Therefore, in many instances, the clergy used indigenous religions to gain trust and legitimacy. In fact, many members of the clergy learned indigenous languages so they could be more accessible and understandable to those wanted to convert.