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Fort San Carlos was a military structure built in 1816 to defend the Spanish colonial town of Fernandina, Florida, now called Old Town, which occupied a peninsula on the northern end of Amelia Island.[1]

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  1. 39 relations: Adams–Onís Treaty, Amelia Island, Carronade, Castillo de San Marcos, Charleston, South Carolina, East Florida, Florida State University, Francisco Tomás Morales, George J. F. Clarke, George Mathews (soldier), James Madison, James Monroe, James Moore Sr., Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania politician), John W. Griffin (archaeologist), Lloyd's of London, Louis-Michel Aury, Lunette (fortification), New Providence, Orange period, Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site, Patrick Tonyn, Pedro Gual Escandón, Picket (military), Port of Fernandina, Province of Carolina, Revolutionary republic, Ripley P. Bullen, Savannah, Georgia, Simón Bolívar, Spanish Florida, Spanish–American War, St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia), St. Marys, Georgia, The Bahamas, Timucua, United Provinces of New Granada, Venezuela, War of 1812.

  2. 1816 establishments in North America
  3. 1816 establishments in the Spanish Empire
  4. Amelia Island
  5. Forts in Florida
  6. Spanish forts in the United States

Adams–Onís Treaty

The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Spanish Cession, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty,Weeks, p. 168.

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Amelia Island

Amelia Island is a part of the Sea Islands chain that stretches along the East Coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida; it is the southernmost of the Sea Islands, and the northernmost of the barrier islands on Florida's Atlantic coast.

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Carronade

A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast-iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy.

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Castillo de San Marcos

The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine, Florida. Fort San Carlos and Castillo de San Marcos are Spanish forts in the United States.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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East Florida

East Florida (Florida Oriental) was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821.

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Florida State University

Florida State University (FSU or, more commonly, Florida State) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.

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Francisco Tomás Morales

Francisco Tomás Morales (Agüimes Carrizal, Canary Islands, December 20, 1781 or 1783 – Las Palmas, Canary Islands, October 5, 1845), was a Spanish military, and the last of that country to hold the post of Captain General of Venezuela, reaching the rank of field marshal during the Venezuelan War of Independence.

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George J. F. Clarke

George J. F. Clarke (October 12, 1774 – 1836) was one of the most prominent and active men of East Florida (Spanish: Florida Oriental) during the Second Spanish period.

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George Mathews (soldier)

George Mathews (August 30, 1739 – August 30, 1812) was an American soldier and politician from the U.S. States of Virginia and Georgia.

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James Madison

James Madison (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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James Monroe

James Monroe (April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.

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James Moore Sr.

James Moore Sr. (–) was an Irish-born military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Carolina from 1700 to 1703.

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Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania politician)

Jared Irwin (January 19, 1768September 20, 1818) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania.

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John W. Griffin (archaeologist)

John Wallace Griffin (November 8, 1919, Connersville, Indiana – September 3, 1993) was the State Archaeologist of Florida, the Director of the St.

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Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is an insurance and reinsurance market located in London, United Kingdom.

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Louis-Michel Aury

Louis-Michel Aury (1788 – August 30, 1821) was a French privateer operating in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean during the early 19th century.

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Lunette (fortification)

In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion standing by itself without curtains on either side.

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New Providence

New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population.

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Orange period

The Orange period or Orange culture was a late-Archaic archaeological culture along the eastern side of the Florida peninsula, from about 4,000 years ago to about 2,500 or 3,000 years ago.

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Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site

The Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site, also known as "Old Town", is a historic site in Fernandina Beach, Florida, located on Amelia Island. Fort San Carlos and Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site are Amelia Island.

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Patrick Tonyn

Patrick Tonyn (1725–1804) was a British General who served as the last British governor of East Florida, from 1774 to 1783.

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Pedro Gual Escandón

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón (17 January 1783 – 6 May 1862), was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat.

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Picket (military)

A picket (archaically, picquet) is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position to provide timely warning and screening against an enemy advance.

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Port of Fernandina

The Port of Fernandina is located on Florida's Atlantic coast. Fort San Carlos and Port of Fernandina are Amelia Island.

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Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina was a province 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.

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Revolutionary republic

A revolutionary republic is a form of government whose main tenets are popular sovereignty, rule of law, and representative democracy.

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Ripley P. Bullen

Ripley Pierce Bullen (1902–1976) was Curator Emeritus at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida, where he was the Department Chair of Social Sciences for a period of seventeen years (1956–1973).

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Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County.

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Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.

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Spanish Florida

Spanish Florida (La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia)

The St.

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St. Marys, Georgia

St.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Timucua

The Timucua were a Native American people who lived in Northeast and North Central Florida and southeast Georgia.

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United Provinces of New Granada

The United Provinces of New Granada was a country in South America from 1810 to 1816, a period known in Colombian history as la Patria Boba ("the Foolish Fatherland").

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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See also

1816 establishments in North America

1816 establishments in the Spanish Empire

Amelia Island

Forts in Florida

Spanish forts in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_San_Carlos

Also known as Fort San Carlos (Fernandina, Florida).