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Historical Museum of Southern Florida : The Spanish Colonization of Florida

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow the early colonization of Florida. From explorers to settlers to trades between England and Spain, and finally to the emergence of the American territory of Florida.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hard Road to Texas 1836 1845: Spanish Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Texas was home to a "clash of three European empires" long before it became part of the United States. How did the Spanish claim Texas, and how was Spain outed by the Mexicans? Read about it all in this article, and check out related...
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Mission Tour

Mission Tour: Virtual Tour of California Missions: Secularization

For Students 9th - 10th
This website tells about the emergence of secularization of Spanish California, which resulted in the decline of the missions.