Is France or Germany more powerful?

Is France or Germany more powerful?

Germany’s economy is actually only 29% larger than France. Also France spends 23% more than Germany on their military budget. France is also a nuclear armed state and has the third largest nuclear forces in the world after Russia and the United States. Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own.

How did Spain and Portugal build colonies in the Americas?

How did Spain and Portugal build colonies in the Americas? They conquered native peoples and used their land, resources, and forced labor to build colonies. Similar: imposing their will on Native Americans by force, using slave labor, developing new, blended cultures.

When did Spain and Portugal compete for colonies in the Americas?

1492

What did the Portuguese do in the Americas?

The Portuguese were among the first Europeans to establish colonies in the Americas. Portugal was also one of the first imperial states to grant independence to its colonies in the Western Hemisphere.

Why were Spain and Portugal so interested in the Americas?

Spain also needed a faster way to get to Asia rather than over land or around Africa. Spain and Portugal both agree to a compromise on who should get what land in the Americas. He actually found continents unknown to Europeans, North and South America.

Did Spain own the US?

Madrid tacitly recognised the independence of the United States in 1783. The purchase of the underdeveloped Spanish Florida by the US was made effective in 1821. The U.S. gave diplomatic support to the breakaway Spanish colonies as they secured their independence around 1820.

How many countries did Spain colonize?

Spain once had up to 35 colonies throughout the world, some of which it still governs today….Former Spanish Colonies of the World.

Rank	Former Spanish Colonies	Year Independence from Spain
11	Ecuador	1820
12	El Salvador	1821
13	Equatorial Guinea	1968
14	Florida (United States)	1821 (Became a US territory, then a state in 1845)