The spanish settlers left after the evil Brits took over .
The Brits were savages and would all have left .
killed there ..
Drake and his lot were evil .
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Drake only killed the males though
That’s inaccurate Burt...very actually
Drakes raid destroyed early St Augustine structures and lthere were casualties on both sides and the raid caused Spain to abandon its settlements in the Carolinas further north
But Spain stayed in Saint Augustine till 1821 except for 1763-1783 when the Brits held it briefly
The famous fort was built late 1600s
Privateer Drake was no saint but neither were the Spanish or French
The French also vied fo take this Matanzas River outlet and fought the Spanish with brutal religious overtones given the times