Spanish colonization of Florida in the first quarter of the 16th century: methods, features, causes of failure

The relevance of a particular study is always associated with the place that it occupies in the circle of special issues with access to the problems of our time.

Identification of the reasons for the failure of Florida's development makes it possible to analyze the course of world history, comparing it with the events of today.

The relevance of the stated topic is also determined by the low degree of knowledge of the circumstances of the discovery and the reasons for the failure of the development of Florida in the first quarter of the 16th century.

It should be noted that there is a limited number of academic and scientific-practical studies covering this area in Soviet and Russian historical science.

The work carried out as part of a dissertation research reveals the mechanisms and features of the relationship between royal power and local administration in the West Indies.

This analysis of the struggle is relevant in relation to both the existing administrative and financial interests between the central government and the interests of regional elites. The study explains the underlying causes of this conflict, which influenced the course of the Spanish colonization of Florida.

Today's actual task is the question of the memory of the disappeared tribes who previously inhabited the peninsula of Florida.

Studying their culture and the successful struggle against the colonialists of the region, it must be emphasized that this struggle covered a long period: the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The tribes of southern Florida, united despite their differences, were able to repel all attempts by Europeans to establish their control over this territory. The paper highlights relevant historical events and analyzes the methods of confrontation between different cultures.