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In the 1500s the Europeans were competing against each oth because they all wanted to claim various amounts of America. And most of them wanted the same land.
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The colony of New Spain was formed this year, and it's capital in Mexico city.
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Menendez de Aviles and 1,500 soldiers sailed from Spain to Florida and built the first permanet settlement wich is now the United States.
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Queen Elizabeth had Walter Raliegh set up a colony in North America.
