Part of the Spanish territories, including Mexico, Texas etc rebelled against Spain, gaining independence in 1821-so they no longer had a king. Texas repaid Mexico in the same coin, going to war-a couple of my ancestors fought along with every other ethnic group here-gaining independence in 1836-and becoming a Republic with a president-Sam Houston-no king there, either.
Texas became a state in 1845-I really wish it had not-Texas is not like the rest of the SW states, because of the cultural mixing for several centuries of malcontents from Spain and other places-my family is mostly Basque, and we all know what calm, obedient people they have always been-not...
The Irish have certainly had the worst England had to offer-even worse than the Scots did, I think.
Mexico traded monarchy for dictatorship; it certainly wasn’t democracy they were pursuing. Texas left the Union in relatively short time; apparently they realized their mistake.
My wife is a Spaniard (Gallega); they want Gibraltar back as we want the north of our island. Some Scots were willing partners of the English (even participating in the Protestant occupation of northern Ireland); three hundred years later it looks like almost half of them have had enough...