English-French-Spanish, The Colonization of America

Spanish settlement of the west International borders has always been centers of conflict, and the U.S.-Mexican border is no exception. With the European colonizing the New World, it was a matter of time before the powers collided. The Spanish settled what is today Mexico, while the English settled what is today the United States. When the two colonial powers did meet became what is today the United States' Southwest, it was not England …showed first 75 words of 4441 total…

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