Spanish colony
Madrid's overseas territory
A Spanish colony is a territory under Spanish rule and sovereignty, historically referring to lands in the Americas, Philippines, Africa, and elsewhere that Spain controlled from the 15th through 20th centuries.
The term appears in historical contexts: Cuba was a Spanish colony until 1898.
It can also describe the character of a place shaped by Spanish colonization: The architecture retains its Spanish colony heritage.
- silver miningExcavating precious metal ore
- PeruPacific coast republic
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
plantation agriculture · Cuba · indigenous resistance · Catholicism · baroque art · forced labor · indigenous population · independence movements · Mexico · syncretism · transatlantic trade · Argentina · slave labor · mercantilism · Colombia · Catholic missions · mission bells · missionary schools
Spanish colonysovereign state
Fully independent country
free state · self-determination · independent republic · national independence
Spanish colonySpanish Empire
Historical Iberian colonial power
mother country · Spain · colonial power · colonizer · Madrid
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