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 | | What resulted was an era in which Pedro Menéndez Marqués and Gutierre de Miranda, who governed under him at Santa Elena, fulfilled their military duties to the King, but then used their authority to remove even the limited power the colony’s residents had previously enjoyed in pursuit of their own interests. |
 | | This royal assistance was formalized in 1570, when the King granted the colony an annual payment of 8,788,725 maravedíes from the treasury of Tierra Firme for the support of one hundred and fifty soldiers, as well as other expenses. |
 | | Unlike his uncle, adelantado Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro Menéndez Marqués was not granted a lifetime to reap benefits from the colony’s leadership, and so he did not have the same investment in Florida’s long-term development. |
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