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No. Spain has never been a colony nor is it one now.
The United States took the Philippines as a colony after taking control of it from Spain.
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Ooooopps ! Brazil was a colony of Portugal, not Spain.
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The United Kingdom. They established the Gibraltar Colony in what was then Spanish territory, as well as much of Africa.
No. The Mormon pioneers established many cities, towns, and settlements in the 1800's, mostly in the western US. They proposed a state called Deseret which was cut in half and renamed Utah by the United States government.
Landowners were supposed to care for their workers welfare.
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Mexico. Mexico had won its independence from Spain in 1821 and Stephen Austin established his colony in 1822.
How long was the philippines a colony of spain?
No. Spain has never been a colony nor is it one now.
You may be referring to Juan de Oñate. He was a conquistador: in the late 1500s and early 1600s, he explored in the New World, and he established the colony of New Mexico for Spain. Most accounts say he was very dictatorial and harsh as the leader of that colony, but he is known for having established it.
Gibraltar is a territory, not a colony, of the United Kingdom claimed by Spain.
It was a colony of Spain until Feb 12, 1818 (277 years)
It was a colony of Spain in the Americas, much as the United States used to be a colony of England.
Spain wanted to protect its colony in Mexico from other Europeans