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Florida.
The initial European power that claimed the Florida peninsula was Spain. Spain ceded it to the United States and it became a state in 1845.
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State initials for Maine are ME
The following sections represent United States states that were settled and controlled by the Spanish as a percentage of territory that the state currently has. (i.e. +95% means that Spain controlled in excess of 95% of the territory now occupied by that state).+95%ArizonaCaliforniaFloridaNevadaNew MexicoTexasUtah50-90%No State1%-50%AlabamaColoradoLouisianaMississippiOklahomaWyoming
in san diego california
The flag is composed of three vertical bars, from left to right, red, white and gold. In the center white field is the official seal of the city and beneath it the date "1542," the year explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo first entered San Diego Bay and claimed the area for Spain. The use of the three vertical bars is reminiscent of the colors of the flag of Spain, which flew over Cabrillo's ship.
Mississippi has the initials MS.
state claimed by the quakers
The initials for western Australia are WA.