Conquest​ ​and​ ​Occupation​ ​of Latin​ ​America​ (15 mars 1492 – 15 mars 1800)

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(​By​ ​Spain, Portugal,​ ​France,​ ​England​ ​and the​ ​Netherlands​ . This includes Treaty​ ​of​ ​Tordesillas). Starting​ ​with​ ​Hispaniola,​ ​Spain​ ​conquered​ ​most​ ​of​ ​what we​ ​call​ ​Latin​ ​America.​ ​ ​The​ ​largest​ ​exception​ ​is​ ​modern Brazil,​ ​which​ ​was​ ​conquered​ ​by​ ​Portugal.​ ​ ​The​ ​treaty​ ​of Tordesillas​ ​was​ ​an​ ​agreement​ ​between​ ​Catholic
Portugal​ ​and​ ​Spain​ ​to​ ​divide​ ​newly​ ​discovered​ ​lands outside​ ​of​ ​Europe​ ​between​ ​the​ ​two​ ​nations.​ ​The French,​ ​English​ ​and​ ​Dutch​ ​also​ ​conquered​ ​smaller​ ​areas of​ ​land​ ​in​ ​Latin​ ​America,​ ​mostly​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Caribbean.

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