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  2. List of countries that have gained independence from Spain

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    The list of countries obtaining independence from Spain is a list of countries that broke away from Spain for independence, or occasionally incorporation into another country, as depicted in the map below. These processes came about at different periods and world regions starting in the 17th century (Portugal).

  3. Spanish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Map of Spanish America c. 1800, showing the four viceroyalties (New Spain, pink), (New Granada, green), (Peru, orange), (Río de la Plata, blue) and provincial divisions During the early era and under the Habsburgs, the crown established a regional layer of colonial jurisdiction in the institution of Corregimiento , which was between the ...

  4. List of colonies - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Colonies by Asian countries subsection. 3.1 Japanese. ... Download as PDF; Printable version ... An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish ...

  5. Category:Former Spanish colonies - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Treaties extended to dependent territories of Spain (3 C) U. Colonial Uruguay ... Pages in category "Former Spanish colonies"

  6. List of former European colonies - Wikipedia

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    British America (New Britain) Canada. Island of St. John; Rupert's Land (A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle. [1]) Lower Canada. Province of Quebec; Upper Canada; Newfoundland Colony "Thirteen Colonies" (The United States of America) New England Colonies: Province of ...

  7. Colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other empires had conquered and colonized territories, such as the Roman Empire in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Modern colonial empires first emerged with a race of exploration between the then most advanced European maritime powers, Portugal and Spain, during the 15th century. [2]

  8. Category:Spanish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    List of colonial universities in Hispanic America; Lists of Spanish colonial missions of the Roman Catholic Church in the Americas; Lobo (racial category) Louisiana (New Spain) Don Luis; Tristán de Luna y Arellano

  9. Spanish America - Wikipedia

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    Spanish America in 1800, with four kingdoms: New Spain, New Granada, Peru and La Plata The Spanish Empire (yellow) in 1800. Spanish America refers to the Spanish territories in the Americas during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The term "Spanish America" was specifically used during the territories' imperial era between 15th and 19th ...