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Pedro Menendez wanted to set up a colony that would help to protect spanish trade along the North American Coast.

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One purpose of this colony was to protect other Southern colonies against Spanish expansion from Florida. What is this colony?

new France


What colony was founded to promote humanitarian goals?

The colony that was founded to promote humanitarian goals was Florida. Florida became a colony Florida became a state in March of 1845.


What was the purpose for the Virginia Company to begin a new colony?

While profit cannot be excluded as a motivation there was also the political consideration because of the Spanish in Florida.


What is the purpose of Florida?

Pedro Menendez wanted to set up a colony that would help to protect spanish trade along the North American Coast.


Is Florida a british colony?

No. In colonial days it was a Spanish colony.


Why did the spanish colony want to build a colony in Florida?

they wanted them to live


What colony is the southern most colony?

The most southern of the 13 original Brittish colonies was Georgia. Florida was part of Spain and therefore a Spanish colony. . the southern most colony is Florida


What was the purpose of the Jamestown colony?

The original purpose of the Jamestown colony was to make money for the Virginia Company.


Is Florida a Southern Colony?

Southern State definitely. not a colony, that is like a town.


What military purpose did the colony Georgia serve?

The Georgia colony served as a buffer between the English colonies and the Spanish ones in Florida and southward. The English also used them to, more or less, claim the land that is now Georgia before the Spanish did.


Which colony settled in Florida first?

Spain


What was Florida before it became a state?

a colony