Spain was the leading European power in the early imperial rivalry for control of North America and for centuries, dominated the Southeastern and Southwestern parts of what was later the United States -- particularly the States of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
See all translations. uk â /ÉËËtÉn.É.mÉs/ us â /ÉËËtÉË.nÉ.mÉs/. âº independent and having the power to make your own decisions. âº an autonomous organization, country, or region is independent and has the freedom to govern itself: an autonomous region/province/republic/council.
D. Power is the ability to carry out your will despite resistance. 1. Sociologists Daniel Hellinger and Dennis Judd coined the term the âdemocratic faÃ§adeâ to refer to an ideology promoted by the elites to legitimate and perpetuate their power. 2. Mills coined the term the âpower eliteâ to refer to those who are the big decision