By the 1560s, the French Protestants - Huguenots coming to Florida

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THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS IN FLORIDA
The French Huguenots played an important role in the history of France and the Americas. As a religious minority brutally persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church, many of the Huguenots were forced to flee France in order to establish a new settlement where they could practice their faith. More than 50 years before the English Puritans landed at Plymouth, the French Huguenots under Captain Jean Ribault, established Charlesfort (1562), in present-day South Carolina. Two years later in 1564, Huguenots would also found Fort Caroline near present-day Jacksonville, Florida. Although the English Puritans suffered religious persecution, it was minimal in comparison to the systematic, murder and brutality experienced by the French Huguenots.

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