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Spanish men and women settled in greatest numbers where there were dense indigenous populations and the existence of valuable resources for extraction. [1] The Spanish Empire claimed jurisdiction over the New World in the Caribbean and North and South America, with the exception of Brazil, ceded to Portugal by the Treaty of Tordesillas. Other ...
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Adams-Kentucky District: Adams-Kentucky District: December 18, 2008 (The 900-1200 blocks of Adams St. and the 1000-1300 blocks of Kentucky St.
Spanish Inquisition records reveal two prosecutions in Spain and only a few more throughout the Spanish Empire. [109] In 1815, Francisco Javier de Mier y Campillo , the Inquisitor General of the Spanish Inquisition and the Bishop of Almería , suppressed Freemasonry and denounced the lodges as "societies which lead to atheism, to sedition and ...
Melbourne is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, along the south bank of the Ohio River. The population was 458 at the 2020 census . St.
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The Adams–Onís Treaty (Spanish: Tratado de Adams-Onís) of 1819, [1] also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, [2] the Spanish Cession, [3] the Florida Purchase Treaty, [4] or the Florida Treaty, [5] [6] was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico .
Spanish regular and irregular forces fighting in the Somosierra Pass against a French invading army. The Peninsular War was the trigger for conflicts in Spanish America in the absence of a legitimate monarch. The Peninsular War began an extended period of instability in the worldwide Spanish monarchy that lasted until 1823.
The Spanish became acquainted with the Ais in middle of the 16th century. In 1566 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, founder of St. Augustine, Florida, established a fort and mission at an Ais town, which the Spanish called Santa Lucía. [8] After the Ais attacked the fort, killing 23 of the soldiers, the Spanish abandoned the fort and mission. [9]