The founding of St Augustine, Florida in 1565 by Menéndez de Avilés was prompted by the Spanish
A) fear that the French colony of Fort Caroline near contemporary Jacksonville would be a religious, political, and commercial threat to Spain's control of the Americas.
B) fear that the English were on the brink of establishing a colony in Florida that would be a religious, political, and commercial threat to Spain's control of the Americas.
C) fear that the Dutch were on the brink of establishing a colony in Florida that would be a religious, political, and commercial threat to Spain's control of the Americas.
D) belief that the local Timuca Indians were hording valuable gold and silver.
Answer: A
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