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> its roots lie in Spain's colonization of South American countries. They forgot Central American countries :(
by el-salvador 4y ago
> its roots lie in Spain's colonization of South American countries.
They forgot Central American countries :(
- kgwgk 4y agoSouth of the border, down Mexico way...
- School-Cotton 4y agoAnd North American ones (Mexico and the Caribbean).
- eru 4y agoAlso much of the US.
- outside1234 4y agoAnd California where they are :)
- erichocean 4y agoFlorida says hi.
- outside1234 4y agoSorry - not saying that Florida or Texas don't have the same experience - just that Stanford should know better being literally in a former Spanish colony.
- erichocean 4y agoFlorida seems pretty significant to me re: Spain's colonization in the Americas. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Florida > Spanish Florida (Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land claim and attempted settlement in North America during the European Age of Discovery. Spain also lost Florida in part, by conquest (to Andrew Jackson). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars > The Seminole Wars were the longest and most expensive, in both human and financial cost to the United States, of the American Indian Wars. Thought ultimately Congress did buy Florida as a sort of fait accompli when it became clear they couldn't hold it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%E2%80%93On%C3%ADs_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%E2%80%93On%C3%ADs_Treaty > The Adams–Onís Treaty [is] a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. Interestingly, less than half a year later, Mexico finally (re-)gained its independence from Spain. Lots of Spain colonization efforts unraveled in a relatively short amount of time, historically.
- outside1234 4y agoYes - sorry - my point was more that Stanford IS IN a former colony and should know better on some of this stuff (not that Florida isn't a former holding etc.)
- erichocean 4y agoNo worries, all good.