Question: What Florida city sits near what was once the French colony of Fort Caroline?
Answer: Jacksonville
In 1564, René de Goulaine de Laudonnière established Fort Caroline near the mouth of the St. Johns River. A group of 200 settlers named the area La Caroline after the French King Charles IX and began to construct permanent shelter and defenses. Today, Fort Caroline National Memorial in Jacksonville commemorates one of the first attempts by Europeans to found a colony in the New World.
