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Originally Posted by Mutt
How do you figure the Spanish 'were responsible for the greater majority' of colonies? The 13 original British colonies formed the United States of America.
The Spanish, French and British all vied for the territories of what is now the US Southeast. Texas was colonized by the Spanish as was California. I'm not arguing that Spain wasn't a significant part of the settlement of what is now the United States but no they weren't the greater majority and they lost/ceded all their territories in various wars.
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So because they lost wars, it means they can no longer speak their native language? Spanish speaking people were the first to colonize the Americas. Now there are claims that the Vikings had a settlement which I do believe but it didn't last. There are also stories that the Chinese came to America, but again if they created any settlements they didn't last.
Spanish speaking people Portuguese and Spaniards were the first to establish colonies in the Americas that still survive today. St Augustine in FL is the oldest city in America. It was not founded by English speaking people but rather Spanish.
The Spanish conquered most of what would become the southern United States and moved west colonizing a large part of the south west and South America. Mexicans and South Americans are today descendants of both the tribal Indians and those whom colonized them.. Ie the Spaniards.
The English conquered and colonized a very small part of this country com paired to what Spain's direct descendants colonized. I mean hell Mexico was part of the Spanish empire in the 1500s long before America declared it's independence.
When the US was formed and English speaking people moved west, there were not just native Americans living in those territories but also Spanish speaking people whom were there before us white folks.
The simple fact is Spanish was spoken in most of the south and west of this country, long before English was spoken. Yes the US came out victorious in the land grabs, but it doesn't negate the fact that Spanish speaking people were there before us and in reality have every right to continue speaking their language here in the US even if it's not politically correct.