Which statement best compares the activities of england in south carolina to those of spain and france?

-The spanish and french joined forces to remove the english from south carolina, but england was able to halt the attack with a large navy.

-while the english were able to establish a successful colony in south carolina, france and spain abandoned their settlements

-As the english presence in south carolina grew, both spain and fence relocated to new areas to avoid further confrontation

-while the spanish and french faced devastation at the hands of the natives, the english prevented this by attacking them first

The correct answer to this question is "while the English were able to establish a successful colony in South Carolina, France and Spain abandoned their settlements". Neither Spain nor France were successful in establishing a permanent settlement in South Carolina. Spain founded San Miguel de Guadeloupe near Georgetown, but abandoned it after they ran out of supplies. They went back to Florida after abandoning their settlement. Next, the French would try and founded a fort near Beaufort and named it Charlesfort. They would abandon it because of a lack of supplies also. The Spanish would try again and would found Santa Elena which was built on the abandoned settlement of Charlesfort, on what is now Parris Island, South Carolina. Santa Elena would survive for twenty years (1566 to 1587) until it was attacked by Native Americans and after the attack, the Spaniards abandoned the settlement and fled to St. Augustine.