[DOC] [TLE] History of Cuba - Wikipedia [PAR] The island of Cuba was inhabited by various Mesoamerican cultures prior to the 
arrival of the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. After Columbus' 
arrival, Cuba became a Spanish colony, ruled by a Spanish ... in exchange for 
Florida. A series of rebellions during the 19th century failed to end Spanish rule. [DOC] [TLE] History of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the archipelago of Puerto 
Rico by the ... However, the political status of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth 
controlled by the United States, remains an anomaly. ... The Spanish settlers 
established the first repartimiento system, under which natives were distributed to
... [DOC] [TLE] New Spain - Wikipedia [PAR] New Spain (Spanish: Nueva Espaa) was a Spanish colony in the New World 
north of the ... Every privilege and position, economic political, or religious came 
from him. ... It was the first New World viceroyalty and one of only two in the 
Spanish ... The indigenous societies of Mesoamerica brought under Spanish 
control were... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline of Cuban history - Wikipedia [PAR] 1868, The first war of Cuban independence, also known as the Ten Years' War, 
begins. ... 10 October, Revolutionaries under the leadership of Carlos ... 1869, 10 
April, An assembly of rebels against Spanish rule... [DOC] [TLE] History of Cuba - Nations Online Project [PAR] Colonial Rule: The history of Cuba began with the arrival of Christopher 
Columbus in ... For the first three centuries after the conquest, the island 
remained a ... a symbol for Cuba's bid for independence against Spain in the 
19th century. ... and accelerated prosperity under the inheritors of the 1933 
revolutionGrau San... [DOC] [TLE] The Economic History and Economy of Cuba [PAR] In Cuba the first industries were stock raising and food production for outfitting the 
expeditions. ... The United States, fearing that weak Spanish control of Cuba 
would be ... The Cubans were driven to rebellion in the mid-19th century by 
vacillating ... expulsion of the Spanish which came only with the Spanish-
American War. [DOC] [TLE] The Changing of the Guard: Puerto Rico in 1898 - The World of ... [PAR] After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, the period between 1860 and 1898 
... of slavery, and a short-lived experiment in autonomy under Spanish rule. ... 
Puerto Rico was key to the Spanish Empire since the early years of conquest and 
... century, Puerto Rico and Cuba, remained the last two Spanish colonies in the... [DOC] [TLE] Cuba in 1898 - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War ... [PAR] Yet Cuba remained one of Spain's two colonies in the New World. ... It was 
governed from Madrid much as it had been governed since it was first ... An 
emancipation law was enacted in 1880, and six years later slavery finally came to 
an end. ... linked with that of the United States than it had been earlier in the 
century. [DOC] [TLE] Cuba and Philippine Under Spanish Rule [PAR] II.1.3 Anti-slavery and Independence movements in the early 19th century ... V. 
Compare and Contrast Cuba and the Philippines under Spanish rule ... However, 
in the eastern region where Cespedes came, believed they should defeat Spain. [DOC] [TLE] The Latino Crucible: Its Origins in 19th-Century Wars, Revolutions ... [PAR] In the early 16th century, expeditions of exploration originating in Cuba learned 
of ... population that supplied its labor needs under both Aztec and Spanish rule. 
... Spain and England came to the aid of the planters on Saint-Domingue, but just
... [DOC] [TLE] history of Latin America | Britannica.com [PAR] Apr 12, 2016 ... Though the conditions of pre-Columbian America and 15th-century Iberia are ..... 
The Spaniards were not only the first of the Europeans to reach the Americas .... 
one from Cuba to central Mexico and surrounding regions and the other ... Other 
parts of central Mexico came under Spanish control more easily,... [DOC] [TLE] Cuban Rebellion - Spanish American War [PAR] The people under Spanish control consisted mostly of darker skin, revealing their 
... shriveled under

Question: Cuba first came under Spanish control in this century
Answer: the 16th century