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Menndez' Military Experience Served Him Well When He Led A Successful Overland Expedition From St Augustine To Surprise And Destroy The French Garrison At Fort Caroline On The St Johns River On 20 September 1565 A Hundred And Thirty-two Frenchmen Were Massacred Within The Fort; Only The Women And Children And A Few Drummers And Trumpeters Were Spared Menndez Left A Spanish Garrison At The Captured Fort Now Renamed San Mateo (it Was Later Destroyed And The Spanish There Massacred As Revenge By The French In 1568) Menndez Then Pursued Jean Ribault Who Had Already Left With Four Ships To Attack The Spanish At St Augustine A Storm Wrecked Three Of The French Ships Near What Is Now The Ponce De Len Inlet And The Flagship Was Grounded Near Cape Canaveral The Survivors Made Their Way Up The Coast To An Inlet And It Was Here That Menndez Ordered Them To Be Put To Death After Their Surrender The Slaughter Of These Men Led To The Area Of Their Execution Being Called 'Matanzas' ('Massacre' Or 'Slaughters') With The Coast Of Florida Now Firmly In Spanish Hands Menndez Then Set To Work Finishing The Construction Of A Fort In St Augustine Establishing Missions To The Natives For The Catholic Church And Exploring The East Coast And Interior Of The Peninsula
. . . Growth as a global city, Academics As of 2010 those of Hispanic or Latino ancestry accounted for 22.5% (4,223,806) of Florida's population Out of the 22.5% the largest groups were 6.5% (1,213,438) Cuban 4.5% (847,550) Puerto Rican 3.3% (629,718) Mexican and 1.6% (300,414) Colombian Florida's Hispanic population includes large communities of Cuban Americans in Miami and Tampa Puerto Ricans in Orlando and Tampa and Mexican/Central American migrant workers the Hispanic community continues to grow more affluent and mobile as of 2011 57.0% of Florida's children under the age of 1 belonged to minority groups Florida has a large and diverse Hispanic population with Cubans and Puerto Ricans being the largest groups in the state Nearly 80% of Cuban Americans live in Florida especially South Florida where there is a long-standing and affluent Cuban community Florida has the second largest Puerto Rican population after New York as well as the fastest-growing in the nation Puerto Ricans are more widespread throughout the state though the heaviest concentrations are in the Orlando area of Central Florida.
. . . See also: List of Governors of Florida United States congressional delegations from Florida List of United States Senators from Florida and Florida Cabinet.
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