SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Louisiana and the upper Mississippi River
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the southeastern and southwestern United States, including California
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eastern Canada and the Caribbean
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the Gulf of Mexico and Texas
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Detailed explanation-1: -New Spain consisted of Mexico, much of Central America, parts of the West Indies, from California to Florida, and the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish West Indies, settled prior to the conquest of the Aztec Empire, also came under New Spain’s jurisdiction: (Cuba, Hispaniola (comprising the modern states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad, and the Bay Islands).
Detailed explanation-3: -Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the Isthmus of Panama under Spanish control. This later came to include upper and lower California, the area that is now the central and southwestern portion of the United States, and territory eastward along the Gulf of Mexico to Florida.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spanish explorers claimed land for the crown in the modern-day states of Alabama, Arizona, the Carolinas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas]], and California.