Fort King George, located near the coast in today's Georgia, was abandoned in 1727 and the garrison moved to Port Royal after a fire destroyed most of the structures.
Colonel John Palmer attacked St. Augustine in 1728 with a force of 200 British soldiers and their native allies. Nombre de Dios, a Yamassee mission on the northern edge of St.
The British established Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island in 1736. It served as home to General James Oglethorpe, whose regiment consisted of 6 companies, each with about 125 men.
Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was established north of St. Augustine in 1738. Governor Manuel de Montiano created the community for escaped slaves and free blacks.
Don Alonzo Fernandez de Herrera, as Governor of Florida, had the fort finished and erected the tablet over the main entrance in "alto relievo" (high relief).
The Treaty of Paris was signed February 10, 1763 officially ending the Seven Years War in Europe and its counter part, the French and Indian War in the Americas.
The American Continental Congress officially endorses the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. 55 members of the 13 Colonies sign the document on August 2nd.
In 1777 the colonists of New Smyrna sent a plea to Henry Younge in St. Augustine for aid, as only 600 of the 1400 settlers had survived the initial 9 years on Turnbull plantation.
