https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault
“Fort Caroline sustained itself for the next year, but Ribault found himself caught up in the fresh outbreak of war in France and was unable to set sail at the appointed time. As a result, the colony experienced food shortages and deteriorating conditions, and some soldiers mutinied and became pirates, attacking Spanish vessels in the Caribbean. “
These pirates were not Jean Ribault’s men, but give an example what Spain was dealing with:
https://www.americanheritage.com/tragic-dream-jean-ribaut
Though Spain was at peace with France at the moment, French pirates operating in the Florida straits were taking an alarming toll of the heavily laden treasure galleons bound for Spain. And Philip’s ambassador in Paris warned that plans were afoot to plant a military outpost in Florida.
The Huguenots also produced some some very capable pirates”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Sores
La Rochelle in France, a Huguenot stronghold, was infamous as a pirate base.
So what? There were a few but that was not the reason for the Fort.
We Huguenots were terrorized in Europe and pushed out. That’s why my ancestors - obviously not from Fort Caroline, they all were killed - came to America.
And as for the Spaniards and their Inquisition and endless cruelty to anyone in their way, I hope every mutineer Huguenot pirate took as much as he possibly could from them. The Americas would be a far better place if the decrepit Spanish Empire simply withdrew to Iberia and we repopulated all the Americas with European Protestants.
You know, the people who built the United States?
Jefferson had the same idea. Too bad the un-Civil War got int the way of that goal.