Spanish conquest of Florida

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Spanish colonization of the Americas colonial conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of Florida was a series of 16th-century expeditions and military campaigns through which Spain attempted to explore, subdue, and colonize the Florida peninsula and surrounding regions, encountering strong resistance from Indigenous peoples and rival European powers.

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Label	Occurrences
Hernando de Soto expedition of 1539–1543	1
Narváez expedition	1
Narváez expedition to Florida	1
Spanish Florida (indirectly)	1
Spanish conquest of Florida canonical	1
Spanish conquest of Fort Caroline	1
Spanish–French conflict in Florida	1
massacre at Fort Caroline	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of Florida
Context triple: [Spanish colonization of the Americas, hasPart, Spanish conquest of Florida]

A. Spanish conquest of Yucatán
The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.
B. Spanish conquest of New Granada
The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.
C. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
D. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
E. Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of Florida
Target entity description: The Spanish conquest of Florida was a series of 16th-century expeditions and military campaigns through which Spain attempted to explore, subdue, and colonize the Florida peninsula and surrounding regions, encountering strong resistance from Indigenous peoples and rival European powers.

A. Spanish conquest of Yucatán
The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.
B. Spanish conquest of New Granada
The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.
C. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
D. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
E. Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ colonial conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aim	colonization of Florida ⓘ control of strategic sea routes in the Caribbean ⓘ expansion of Spanish Empire ⓘ exploration of Florida ⓘ subjugation of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
commander	Hernando de Soto ⓘ Juan Ponce de León ⓘ Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ⓘ Pánfilo de Narváez ⓘ Tristán de Luna y Arellano ⓘ
conflictWith	French colonization attempts in Florida ⓘ Indigenous resistance in Florida ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
endTime	late 16th century ⓘ
follows	Age of Discovery ⓘ linked to: Age of Exploration
hasEffect	integration of Florida into Spanish imperial networks ⓘ spread of Christianity in Florida ⓘ
hasPart	Apalachee missions ⓘ linked to: Mission San Luis de Apalachee Guale missions ⓘ Hernando de Soto expedition of 1539–1543 ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of Florida Pedro Menéndez de Avilés campaign of 1565 ⓘ Ponce de León expedition of 1513 ⓘ Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ Spanish–French conflict in Florida ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of Florida Timucua missions ⓘ linked to: Franciscan missions Tristán de Luna y Arellano expedition of 1559–1561 ⓘ founding of St. Augustine ⓘ massacre at Fort Caroline ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of Florida
languageOfRecord	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Florida peninsula ⓘ linked to: Florida Peninsula La Florida ⓘ Southeastern North America ⓘ linked to: Southeastern Woodlands
opponent	Apalachee people ⓘ Calusa people ⓘ linked to: Calusa French Huguenot colonists ⓘ linked to: Huguenots Guale people ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Mocama people ⓘ Timucua people ⓘ linked to: Timucua
partOf	Spanish colonization of North America ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result	creation of mission system in Florida ⓘ destruction of French Fort Caroline ⓘ establishment of Spanish Florida ⓘ founding of St. Augustine in 1565 ⓘ heavy Indigenous population losses ⓘ long-term Spanish presence in Florida ⓘ
significantPlace	Apalachee Province ⓘ linked to: Apalachee Fort Caroline ⓘ Pensacola Bay ⓘ St. Augustine ⓘ Tampa Bay ⓘ linked to: Tampa Bay area
startTime	1513 ⓘ 16th century ⓘ

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