Timeline

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1670	English settlers from Barbados found Charleston (South Carolina), and the Spanish fail to dislodge them.
1672-95	The Castillo de San Marcos is built of coquina
1686	Spanish repulse landing of French pirates at Matanzas Inlet.
1686	Spanish attempt to attack Charleston is aborted due to a hurricane.
1690	Construction begins on the first sea wall.
1695-96	1695-96 St. Augustine's seawall under construction, but never completed.
1698	Spanish resettle Pensacola. The settlement becomes a governorship under the Viceroyalty of Nueva Espana (Mexico).
1702	War of Spanish Succession ("Queen Anne's War" in English America) pits Spain and France against Austria, Great Britain, and others. The English destroy the Indian missions enroute to attack St. Augustine. The English occupy St. Augustine and besiege the Castillo unsuccessfully, but do burn the city.
1702-27	The city gates are constructed.
1704-05	The South Carolinians destroy the Apache and Timucua missions.
1706	Weather foils the joint Spanish and French attempts to attack Charleston.
1721	England builds Fort King George at Altamaha River in the old Spanish territory of Guale (St. Catherine’s Island, Georgia). The boundary question, unsettled since 1670, emerges clearly.
1727	Spanish support Indian raids along Altamaha River that force withdrawal from Fort King George (Georgia).
1728	Carolinians attack Yamasee Indians in the burning of the fort and village at the Mission of Nomhre de Dios (St. Augustine).
1733	British establish Savannah (Georgia) on Spanish-claimed land
1736	Fort Frederica is built by the British as an outpost of Savannah.

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