The United States
spain lost florida when they traded it for cuba
Spain had to give up Florida, to get back Havana from the British.
Florida
Yes, originally it was controlled by Spain, but the British took it over.
Puerto Rico
Spain, in 1500s. St. Augustine was the first permanent European settlement in North America. Spain lost the colony to Britain in 1763 but regained it after the American Revolution.
Spain. British involvement in Florida - and then only some parts - was very late.
The Britian won the state of Florida from Spain in 1763. This was due to the conditions of the Treaty of Paris.
well i think that thee british claimed Florida b.c Florida belonged tew Spain -Ashleyy ^^
As part of the Anglo-Spanish agreement in the Treaty of Paris (1783), the British returned the Mediterranean island of Minorca to Spain, and more importantly the British claim to East Florida and West Florida (now the southeastern US).The British had received Florida from Spain twenty years earlier (1763) after the Seven Years War. The US gradually annexed Florida after the War of 1812 and purchased the remainder under the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819.As part of the 1783 treaty, Spain ceded Providence Island and the remainder of the Bahamas to the British.
southeastern peninsula of modern united states