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France, Spain, and Fort Caroline
The French Huguenots
make the first attempt
• In 1564 France tried to create a colony in the area at mouth of the Saint Johns river at
the southern edge of the disputed territory we now call Georgia.
• It was named Fort Caroline.
• It was to be a refuge for French Protestant Huguenots who were under persecution in
France as well as an attempt to gain a foothold in this area of the new world. The
Catholic King of France was willing to let his Huguenot subjects attempt this to
“prove” their value to France.
• But Spain also claimed this territory!
