Two Oldest Cities
Nov 5, 2023 13:26:23 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Nov 5, 2023 13:26:23 GMT -5
Two Oldest Cities in the USA
The following are two cities that were established by the Spaniards in what is today the United States. One, Saint Augustine, is even older than the English colony of Jamestown and that of Plymouth Rock. The other is the oldest State capital city in the USA. So yes, Latinos were residing in parts of the United States long before the Jamestown Colony established in Virginia, or the Plymouth Rock colony was established in New England.
Oldest Capital City in USA
Santa Fe holds the distinction of being the oldest state capital in the U.S. as well as New Mexico's oldest city. Long before Spanish colonists arrived in 1607, the area had been occupied by Indigenous peoples. One Pueblo village, founded around 900 A.D., was located in what is today downtown Santa Fe. Indigenous groups expelled the Spanish from the region from 1680 to 1692, but the rebellion was eventually put down.
Santa Fe remained in Spanish hands until Mexico declared its independence in 1810, and then became part of the Texas Republic when it pulled away from Mexico in 1836. Santa Fe (and present-day New Mexico) didn't become a part of the United States until 1848 after the Mexican-American War ended in Mexico's defeat. Today, Santa Fe is a thriving capital city known for its Spanish Territorial style of architecture.
www.thoughtco.com/oldest-cities-in-the-united-states-4144705
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Oldest City in the United States
St. Augustine was founded on Sept. 8, 1565, 11 days after the Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés came ashore on the feast day of St. Augustine. For more than 200 years, it was the capital of Spanish Florida. From 1763 to 1783, control of the region fell into British hands. During that period, St. Augustine was the capital of British East Florida. Control reverted to the Spanish in 1783 until 1822, when it was ceded by treaty to the United States.St. Augustine remained the territorial capital until 1824 when it was moved to Tallahassee. In the 1880s, developer Henry Flagler began buying up local rail lines and building hotels, ushering in what would become Florida's winter tourist trade, still an important part of the city and state economy.
www.thoughtco.com/oldest-cities-in-the-united-states-4144705
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