By 1825, Spain had lost all its American colonies except these 2 islands, which it lost by 1898
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Independence from Spain - Latin American History - About.com  1. Independence from Spain in Latin America. 2. The Battle of Junin. 3 ... Between 1810 and 1825, most of Spain's former colonies had declared and won ... Although Spain lost all of their colonies on the mainland by 1825, it retained control ... in 1898 when the United States and Spain fought the Spanish-American War.
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Spanish American wars of independence - Wikipedia  The Spanish American wars of independence were the numerous wars against Spanish rule in Spanish America that took place during the early 19th century, after the French invasion of Spain during Europe's Napoleonic Wars. These conflicts started in 1809 with short-lived governing juntas established ... This meant that Spanish Americans lost the gains they had made in holding...
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Spanish Empire - Wikipedia  The Spanish Empire (Spanish: Imperio espaol) was one of the largest empires in the world ... Following the SpanishAmerican War of 1898, Spain ceded its last colonies in .... establish colonies in all of the New World from north to south (except Brazil), ...... Altogether Spain was thought to have lost 500,000 people, out of a...
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Introduction - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War ...  As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands. ... By 1825 much of this empire had fallen into other hands and in that year, ... Two days later Commodore George Dewey sailed from Hong Kong with Emilio Aguinaldo on board.
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Spanish Empire - New World Encyclopedia  Jan 15, 2016 ... Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the fifteenth and ... 5 Twilight of the Global Empire (18061898); 6 Territories in Africa ... However, Spain maintained, and even enlarged, its vast American empire ... colonies in all of the New World from Alaska to Cape Horn (except Brazil),...
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Christopher Columbus - 2nd Voyage  Columbus left from Cdiz in Spain for his second voyage (1493-1496) on September 24 ... He landed at Puerto Rico (San Juan Bautista) on November 19, 1493. ... Columbus left Cuba on May 3rd, and anchored at Jamaica two days later. ... Soon after the settlement was made at Isabella the colonists began to complain that...
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Nicaragua - National Independence, 1821-57 - Country Studies  Spain's control over its colonies in the New World was threatened in the early 1800s by the struggle for national independence throughout the entire region.
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European Colonization of the Americas - New World Encyclopedia  Europeon Nation's Control over South America 1700 to the twentieth century. .... Early European possessions in North America included Spanish Florida, the ... Ten years after Columbus's discovery, the administration of Hispaniola was given...
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SpanishAmerican War - Wikipedia  The SpanishAmerican War was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898 ... Numerically superior Cuban, Philippine, and US forces obtained the ..... moved just off the shore of Lisbon, and still others were moved to Hong Kong. .... We have got a battleship in the harbor of Havana, and our fleet, which...
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Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Genealogy - FamilySearch ...  Sep 8, 2015 ... Northern Mariana Islands and Guam are separate territories of the United States ... 1898 Spain ceded Guam, the southernmost of the Mariana Islands to the USA, and sold the ... Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research.
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APUSH-Ch.20 Flashcards | Quizlet  A number of Americans that lived there was growing and dominating econ and political life there. ... U.S. battleship sent to Havana in early 1898 to protect American interests; it blew up mysteriously in February 1898 killing 266 men. ... The Cuban insurrectos responded by wrecking Spanish property in hopes that the...
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Colonial history of the United States - WikiVisually  Oct 7, 2016 ... Non-British colonies were taken over and the inhabitants were all .... Britain occupied Florida, but did not send many settlers to the area, and ... The ruins of the Spanish Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. ... Las Californias, starting with Mission San Diego de Alcal in 1769. ...... Plate opposite p. 58.
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Danish West Indies - Wikipedia  The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles was a Danish colony in ... The islands were eventually sold for 25 million dollars to the United States, which took over the ... on 31 March 1917, renaming the islands the United States Virgin Islands. ..... Scandinavian Journal of History Sep-Dec2016, Vol.
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Introduction - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War ...  On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the ... the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, ... States (then under Mexican control) and south to the tip of South America. ... that moved the population into central locations guarded by Spanish troops and...
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History of Canary Islands - Lonely Planet Travel Information  History of Canary Islands, experience the modern and ancient historic past events, ... Cape Verde and Madeira) constitutes the visible remains of the lost continent. .... Four years after the fall of Granada and the reunification of Christian Spain, the ... British harassment culminated in 1797 with Admiral Horatio Nelson's attack...
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The Spanish-American War - The World of 1898 - Library of Congress  The Spanish-American War - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic ... Between 1895 and 1898 Cuba and the Philippine Islands revolted against Spain. The Cubans gained independence, but the Filipinos did not. In both ... His stern methods, including reconcentration of the civilian population to deny the...
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The United States Mint  About The Mint  Explorer Christopher Columbus arrived at Puerto Rico ("rich port") in 1493, and it ... but it remained an overseas province of Spain until the Spanish-American War. Under the Treaty of Paris of 1898, it was ceded to the United States, and its...
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Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia  The United States of America was created on March 1, 1781, with the entry into force of the ..... The remainder presumably became unorganized territory, as it had no .... July 10, 1821, East Florida was formally transferred to the United States by Spain ... Map of the United States in central North America from March 30, 1822, to...
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Treaty of Paris (1898) - Wikipedia  The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was an agreement made in 1898 that involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. The cession of the Philippines involved a payment of $20 million from the ... It resulted in Spain's loss of its control over the remains of its overseas...
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Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia  Following its loss during the SpanishAmerican War of 1898, Spain ceded Guam to the United States and sold the remainder of the Marianas (i.e., the Northern...
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The Spanish-American War - The World of 1898 - Library of Congress  Between 1895 and 1898 Cuba and the Philippine Islands revolted against Spain. ... this measure, convinced that continued armed resistance would lead to independence. ... Photographic History of the Spanish American War , p. 36. ... Sampson prepared to meet this challenge to American command of the Caribbean Sea.