What settlements are part of the spanish colonies

answer: the spanish claim to territories that are today the united states rested upon the 16th century exploits of ponce de leon, hernando de soto, and francisco vázquez de coronado. st. augustine in florida was established as a spanish fort in 1565, the first permanent settlement in what would become the united states.

it was made because he wanted to try to make people convert as well people who would have read or studied this item at the time it was created were probably people who wanted to change religions who thought conversion was a good idea.

answer; i do believe that the (14th)fourteenth amendment is the correct answer