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Sell Florida to the US for $5 million.
There is a widely circulated legend that Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida because he was searching for the (nonexistent) Fountain of Youth, but historians generally agree that this was not the case. The likely explanation for the explorations of de Leon is that he was searching for gold, and contributing to the expansion of the Spanish Empire, for which he worked. Florida did become a Spanish colony, but was eventually seized by the US during the Spanish American War.
Because the Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de León went to Florida and wanted to find the Fountain Of Youth that he heard of from other Spanish Conquistadors.
America never officially invaded Florida... When Andrew Jackson was still an American army general he pursued Seminole Indians (who were raiding into Georgia) into Spanish Florida. This is know as the First Seminole War and it caused much anger back in Spain.
the spanish settled Florida to safeguard treasure fleets
On April 2, 1513 he landed on Florida
On April 2, 1513 he landed on Florida
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Ponce de Leon was the first Spanish person to reach the North American mainland. He landed at Saint Augustine, Florida in 1513.
Mainland Spain. Mainland US. The fighting was limited to the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Mainland Spain. Mainland US. The fighting was limited to the Caribbean and the Pacific.
No, Florida became a US State in 1845 and the Spanish American War was in 1898.
Juan Ponce de Leon made the first Spanish landing on North Americas land in Florida(main-land).
Native American
Andrew Jackson.
The part of North America that the Spanish controlled is near Florida
It comes from the Spanish Pascua Florida which means Easter or Feast of Flowers.