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How to use Spain in a sentence

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Between 1520 and 1550, printing presses in Spain were tightly controlled, and any books of Protestant teaching were prohibited.
Protestants in Spain were estimated at between 1000 and 3000, mainly among intellectuals who had seen writings such as those of Erasmus.
Reformation did not succeed in Portugal, as similar reasons to Spain prevented it from spreading.
France encouraged the corsairs against Spain, and later Britain and Holland supported them against France.
Spain claimed a protectorate over the coast of Guinea from Cape Bojador to Cap Blanc, too.
While their and others' attacks brought home a great deal of money, they hardly dented the flow of gold and silver from Mexico to Spain.
Following a brief war in 1893, Spain expanded its influence south from Melilla.
During the Second World War the Vichy French presence in Tangier was overcome by that of Francoist Spain.
Depredations continued, leading to growing tension between England and Spain, which were still technically at peace.
As a young man, Walpole had bought shares in the South Sea Company, which monopolized trade with Spain, the Caribbean and South America.
Spain claimed the right to board and search British vessels to ensure compliance with this provision.
Aware of the efforts of the Spanish to find a route to India by sailing west, Magellan presented his plan to Charles I of Spain.
In 1994 and 1995, 80 fossils of six individuals who may have belonged to the species were found in Atapuerca, Spain.
Spain acquired Britain's Florida colonies and the island of Minorca, but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar.
Previously France had only been willing to act in conjunction with Spain but now they were willing to go to war alone if necessary.
Spain finally entered the war officially in June 1779, thus implementing the Treaty of Aranjuez.
Since the entry of France and Spain into the war, the British lacked the necessary ships to match their opponents' every move.
In 1959, the Spanish territory on the Gulf of Guinea was established with a status similar to the provinces of metropolitan Spain.
One notable success took place on February 5, 1782, when Spanish and French forces captured Minorca, which Spain retained after the war.
The peninsula is principally divided between Portugal and Spain, comprising most of their territory.
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