LOL! Geographically challenged, are we? As has been pointed out, I never said anything about the original colonies - but let’s ignore that for now. The oldest European-founded city in the US is St. Augustine, Florida, founded 1565 by (gasp) Spaniard, Pedro Menendez de Avilez (note the Hispanic name). Of course if you were from El Pueblo Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncola - oops, I mean Los Angeles - you might have a better idea about your nation’s history. Or San Francisco, El Paso, San Antonio, the San Juan Islands, Montana, the Sierra Nevada, Las Vegas... I could go on.
So it is your contention that St. Augustine “became” the United States? Who knew that the British colonies actually started in a Spanish one.
Interesting.
Only 13 colonies, which were British, became the US. No more, no less. Which one of the original 13 were Spanish?
In my first post to you I acknowledged the Spanish presence in the New World. Just being here first doesn’t mean you formed the United States.
In fact, by the time the places you mention became part of the United States, Spanish influence was long gone. What remained were the Mestizos and place names.
I guess since Chicago is an Indian word, Indians formed what became Chicago?
Who knew they were so advanced?
So...did Eskimos have a role in the founding of our nation also?