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THE LOSS OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN AMERICA THE LOSS OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN AMERICA

THE LOSS OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN AMERICA


Mapa de la independencia de las colonias españolasSame time, different place

During the war of Independence and the reign of Fernando VII, the inhabitants of Spain's American territories demanded independence.

All the political battles, wars and instability left Spain unable to defend  its territories. By the end of Fernando's reign in 1883 only Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philipines were under Spanish control.