Enabling: the Behavior of an Enabler. Enable has a number of senses, most of which are some variant on allowing someone (or something, such as enabling cookies on a computer) to do something.
The assertion of royal control over the Kingdom of New Spain and the initial Spanish conquerors took over a decade, with importance of the region meriting the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Established by Charles V in 1535, the first viceroy was Don Antonio de Mendoza.
Spain's role in the independence of Britain's Thirteen Colonies was part of its dispute over colonial supremacy with the Kingdom of Great Britain. Spain actively supported the Thirteen Colonies throughout the American Revolutionary War. Beginning in 1776, it jointly funded Roderigue Hortalez and Company, a trading company that provided critical military supplies.