paragraph_text: Skiffe's Creek is located in James City County and the independent city of Newport News in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the James River.

paragraph_text: The Scantic River (pronounced SKAN-tik) is a river that flows through the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut and is tributary to the Connecticut River.

paragraph_text: Iratapina River is a river of Amapá state in Brazil. It is a tributary of the Jari River which is part of the Amazon River basin.

paragraph_text: The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second - largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. The stream is entirely within the United States (although its drainage basin reaches into Canada), its source is Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and it flows generally south for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. The Mississippi ranks as the fourth - longest and fifteenth - largest river in the world by discharge. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

paragraph_text: Shahanur is the river in Western Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in India. It is a tributary of Purna river.

paragraph_text: The Strawberry River is a tributary of the Black River, about long, in northern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Black and White rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

paragraph_text: The Tebicuary River (Spanish: Río Tebicuary), a tributary of Paraguay River is a river in Paraguay. Located in the southwestern part of that country, it flows eastwards discharging to Paraguay River about 45 km south of Formosa and 30 km north of Pilar.

paragraph_text: The Laurel River is a tributary of the Cumberland River in southeast Kentucky in the United States. The river drains a rural region in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in parts of Whitley and Laurel Counties. The town of Corbin is located on the river about east of its mouth on the Cumberland, and near the confluence with a major tributary, the Little Laurel River.

paragraph_text: The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to its confluence with the Paraná River north of Corrientes and Resistencia.

paragraph_text: The Do Sangue River is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Juruena River.

paragraph_text: The Elk River is a tributary of the Verdigris River in southeastern Kansas in the United States. Via the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

paragraph_text: The São Mateus River (Santa Catarina) is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Uruguay River basin and a tributary of the Lava-Tudo River.

paragraph_text: The Juína River is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Juruena River.

paragraph_text: The Crawfish River is a tributary of the Rock River, long, in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Rock River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

paragraph_text: The Ijuí River (Portuguese, Rio Ijuí) () is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.

paragraph_text: The Spanish colonies won their independence in the first quarter of the 19th century, in the Spanish American wars of independence. Simón Bolívar (Greater Colombia, Peru, Bolivia), José de San Martín (United Provinces of the River Plate, Chile, and Peru), and Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile) led their independence struggle. Although Bolivar attempted to keep the Spanish - speaking parts of the continent politically unified, they rapidly became independent of one another.

paragraph_text: The Mengkibol River () is a small river that flows through the town of Kluang in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is one of the tributaries of the Endau River.

paragraph_text: The North Branch of the Contoocook River is a river located in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Contoocook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed.

paragraph_text: The Vals River () is a tributary of the Vaal River in the Free State, South Africa. It is a strong seasonal river.

paragraph_text: The Sandy River and its tributary the Little Sandy River are short rivers in north-central South Carolina in the United States. The Sandy is a tributary of the Broad River; via the Broad and Congaree Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

Question: When did the continent on which can be found the river that the Tebicuary River is a tributary of became a collection of independent states?
Answer: the first quarter of the 19th century