32b - Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures including Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and the exploration of Hernando DeSoto
Spanish Missions
The Spanish chapter of Georgia's earliest colonial history is dominated by the lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida.
The Spanish chapter of Georgia's earliest colonial history is dominated by the lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida.
Hernando de soto
The first European explorer to to step foot on interior Georgia.
De Soto's fleet sighted the western coast of Florida near Tampa Bay on
May 25, 1539. He landed about 600 men and about 220 horses
The first European explorer to to step foot on interior Georgia.
De Soto's fleet sighted the western coast of Florida near Tampa Bay on
May 25, 1539. He landed about 600 men and about 220 horses