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  2. List of countries that have gained independence from Spain

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    Prior to its independence from Spain, the United States occupied the island until the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1898), which ended the Spanish–American War). The U.S. Armed Forces left the island in 1902. 29 First Philippine Republic Philippines: Captaincy General of Philippines: 12 June 1898 The Philippines gained its independence from

  3. Spanish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Although today Buenos Aires at the mouth of Río de la Plata is a major metropolis, it held no interest for Spaniards and the 1535–36 settlement failed and was abandoned by 1541. Pedro de Mendoza and Domingo Martínez de Irala, who led the original expedition, went inland and founded Asunción, Paraguay, which became the Spaniards' base.

  4. List of former European colonies - Wikipedia

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    The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: United ... Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821) Las Californias; Nuevo Reino de León ...

  5. List of colonies - Wikipedia

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    An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish man and his ... with Overseas Countries and Territories and ... European colonization of the Americas ...

  6. Spanish Empire - Wikipedia

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    Columbus' discoveries began the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Spain's claim [42] to these lands was solidified by the Inter caetera papal bull dated 4 May 1493, and Dudum siquidem on 26 September 1493.

  7. 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.

  8. Category:Former Spanish colonies - Wikipedia

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  9. History of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    The idea that a part of the Americas has a cultural or racial affinity with all Romance cultures can be traced back to the 1830s, in particular in the writing of the French Saint-Simonian Michel Chevalier, who postulated that this part of the Americas were inhabited by people of a "Latin race," and that it could, therefore, ally itself with "Latin Europe" in a struggle with "Teutonic Europe ...