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Political Geography: Spanish Colonies #2

Read the name of the colony and then identify the present-day sovereign state(s) that contain its territory.

The first letter of each answer is given in the column preceding the answer. If the first letter displays as red text, the answer is located outside of the Americas.

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The end date of the colonial territory is not necessarily the same year the colony became independent or lost territory to the sovereign state that is the answer.
Some colonial territories span multiple continents.
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Colonial Territory
Notes
 
Present-day Sovereign State
Capitanía General de Santo Domingo (Captaincy General of Santo Domingo) (1535-1795, 1809-1821, 1861-1865)
 
D
Dominican Republic
Provincia de Nueva Navarra (1565-1821)
 
U
United States (part of Arizona, New Mexico )
Virreinato de Nueva España (Viceroyalty of New Spain) (1521-1821)
Part 1 of 4
B
Belize
C
Canada
C
Chile (Easter Island)
C
Colombia
C
Costa Rica
C
Cuba
Part 2 of 4
D
Dominican Republic
E
El Salvador
F
France (French Polynesia)
G
Guatemala
G
Guyana
H
Haiti
Part 3 of 4
H
Honduras
J
Jamaica
M
Mexico
M
Micronesia
N
Nicaragua
P
Palau
Part 4 of 4
P
Panama
P
Philippines
T
Taiwan
T
Trinidad and Tobago
U
United States (part or all of many states, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)
V
Venezuela
Provincia de Charcas (1542-1782)
 
B
Bolivia
Capitanía General de Guatemala (Captaincy General of Guatemala) (1609-1821)
 
C
Costa Rica
E
El Salvador
G
Guatemala
H
Honduras
M
Mexico
N
Nicaragua
Gobernación de Nueva Andalucía (Governorate of New Andalucía of Río de la Plata) (1534-1617)
 
A
Argentina
B
Brazil
C
Chile
P
Paraguay
U
Uruguay
Isla de Oruba (c. 1500-1569)
 
N
Netherlands (Aruba)
Ifni (1934-1969)
 
M
Morocco
Santiago (1509-1655)
 
J
Jamaica
Fernando Po (1778-1968)
 
E
Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
Annobón (1778)
 
E
Equatorial Guinea
Capitanía General de Filipinas (Captaincy General of the Philippines) (1565-1898)
 
M
Micronesia
P
Palau
P
Philippines
U
United States (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)
Capitanía General de Chile (Captaincy General of Chile) (1541-1810)
 
A
Argentina
C
Chile
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