Colonial power struggle

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Starting in the mid 1500s the Pensacola area became a pawn in a European power struggle in the New World. Adventures from Spain, France, and Britain competed with each other to establish a foothold on the Gulf of Mexico. Spain established several settlements in the Pensacola area from 1559 to 1821. Except for brief French periods and one British colony, Spain claimed the Pensacola area until the United States acquired Florida in a treaty.