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The Apalachee massacre: A combined British and Muscogee force from the Province of Carolina destroys the main fortified mission of Ayubale, breaking Spain's hold on Spanish Florida.
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Apalachee massacre
1704 engagement of Queen Anne's War
The Apalachee massacre was a series of raids by English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their Muscogee allies against a largely peaceful Apalachee population in northern Spanish Florida which took place in January 1704 during Queen Anne's War. Against limited Spanish…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Muscogee
Indigenous people from Southeastern Woodlands
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands in the United States. Their historical homelands are in what now comprises southern Tennessee, much…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Province of Carolina
English (later British) colony in North America and the Caribbean (1663–1712)
The Province of Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Christian mission
Organized effort to spread Christianity
The Christian mission can be understood as the conviction that all believers are called to spread the Christian gospel to the whole world, in accordance, for example, with the Great Commission set out by Jesus Christ and recorded in Matthew 28:16-20. More specifically, a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Spanish Florida
Former Spanish possession in North America
Spanish Florida was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 25
Day of the year
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