Significant1500 – 1763 · 263 years

French-Spanish Colonial Wars

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

North America · Caribbean · Colonial territories

Estimated casualties

500Ksingle estimate · no range published

Centuries of conflict between France and Spain over colonial territories in North America and the Caribbean resulted in gradual French expansion. The conflicts concluded with British dominance in North America.

Belligerents2

France
Spain

ON THE MAPKingdom of FranceSpanish Empire (Americas)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: French-Spanish Colonial Wars (1500 – 1763). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/french-spanish-colonial-wars · Sources & methodology