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Spanish colonial pueblos in North America included: [2] Villa of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, now Santa Cruz, New Mexico [3] La Villa de San Francisco Xavier de Alburquerque, New Mexico [3] - see History of Albuquerque, New Mexico § Founding of Alburquerque. La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, New Mexico [3] [4] - see Santa Fe ...
Spanish language. The different varieties of the Spanish language spoken in the Americas are distinct from each other as well as from those varieties spoken in the Iberian peninsula, collectively known as Peninsular Spanish and Spanish spoken elsewhere, such as in Africa and Asia. There is great diversity among the various Latin American ...
Junta ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxunta]) during Spanish American independence was the type of self government as patriotic alternative to the central government of Spain during the first phase of Spanish American wars of independence. The formation of juntas was usually an urban movement. Most juntas were created out of the already-existing ...
Coat of arms of the Spanish Monarchy (1761–1843) Flag of the Spanish Navy, Castles and Fortresses. The royalists were the people of Hispanic America (mostly from native and indigenous peoples) [2] [3] and Europeans that fought to preserve the integrity of the Spanish monarchy during the Spanish American wars of independence.
t. e. Slavery in the Spanish American viceroyalties was an economic and social institution which existed throughout the Spanish Empire including Spain itself. Enslaved Africans were brought over to the continent for their labour, indigenous people were enslaved until the 1543 laws that prohibited it.
The Spanish–American War (April–August 1898) is considered to be both a turning point in the history of propaganda and the beginning of the practice of yellow journalism . It was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement. The war grew out of U.S. interest in a fight for revolution between the Spanish ...
Fifth Army Corps (Spanish–American War) The Fifth Army Corps was a formation of the United States Army raised for the Spanish–American War, and noted chiefly for its victory in the Siege of Santiago, which led to the general collapse of the Spanish war effort.
