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Spanish colonization of the Americas - Spanish colonies | | Spanish colonization of the Americas - Spanish colonies: Encyclopedia II - Spanish colonization of the Americas - Spanish colonies | | Areas in the Americas under Spanish control included most of South and Central America, Mexico, parts of the Caribbean and much of the United States.
The initial years saw a struggle between the Conquistadores and the royal authority. The Conquistadores were often poor nobles that wanted to acquire the land and labourers (Encomiendas and Repartimientos) that they couldn't achieve in Europe. Rebellions were frequent (See Lope de Aguirre). The Spanish Crown resorted to several systems of government, including Adelantados, C ...
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Spanish colonization of the Americas - Spanish colonies
Areas in the Americas under Spanish control included most of South and Central America, Mexico, parts of the Caribbean and much of the United States.
The initial years saw a struggle between the Conquistadores and the royal authority. The Conquistadores were often poor nobles that wanted to acquire the land and labourers (Encomiendas and Repartimientos) that they couldn't achieve in Europe. Rebellions were frequent (See Lope de Aguirre). The Spanish Crown resorted to several systems of government, including Adelantados, Captaincy General, Viceroyalties, Lieutenant General-Governors and others.
Spanish colonization of the Americas - Caribbean
Spain claimed all islands in the Caribbean although they did not settle all of them. They had settlements in the Windward and Leeward Islands and:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Cuba
- Hispaniola, the modern Dominican Republic and Haiti
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
Spanish colonization of the Americas - South America
See Also: New Granada, Viceroyalty of Peru, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
- Argentina - Buenos Aires founded in 1536. Re-founded in 1580 as it was forcefully abandoned in 1539; independence was formally declared in 1816.
- Bolivia - La Paz founded in 1548. Independent in 1825.
- Chile - In 1541, the Spanish conquered the Incas. Chile won its independence from Spain in 1818
- Colombia - In 1510, Spaniards founded Darien, the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas. In 1538, they established the colony of New Granada. Independence in 1810.
- Ecuador - Conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquered the land in 1532; left Spain in 1809 to form Greater Colombia.
- Paraguay - Asuncion, Paraguay was founded in 1537. Independent from 1811.
- Peru - Conquered from the Incas in 1531 by Francisco Pizarro. Peru won its independence from Spain in 1821.
- Uruguay - Taken by Spain from Portugal in 1778. Part of Brazil from 1821-1828. Independence in 1828.
- Venezuela - Caracas was founded in 1567. Independent in July 5 1811.
Spanish colonization of the Americas - Central America
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala - Settled by Spanish in 1523,
- Honduras
- Nicaragua - Founded in 1524 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
These above countries became independent from Spain in 1821 during Mexico's war of independence.
- Panama - As part of Colombia, independent in 1810. Declared independence from Colombia in 1903.
Spanish colonization of the Americas - North America
See Also: New Spain
- Mexico.
- Spanish Florida: Modern-day Florida including parts of modern-day Alabama and Mississippi.
- California and New Mexico: In the west the extent of Spanish colonies was formally set in 1819 by the Adams-Onís Treaty to replace nebulous boundaries. Most of the interior was not permanently inhabited by Spain. This included all or some part of the modern U.S. states of: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming.
- Louisiana territory: Spain controlled this territory from 1762–1800. Most of the north and interior was not inhabited by Spain. French settlers made up most of the inhabitants and new immigrants. This included land in the present U.S. states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, and Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia (Vancouver).
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