Which European nation acquired the largest empire in the americans?

Question

Which European nation acquired the largest empire in the americans?

Answer 1

Spain.

Answer 2

england, though maybe spain.  canada is pretty colossal.

Answer 3

Yes, it was Spain. Just to make it clear, at one time Spain's American possessions stretched from about Kansas all the way through Mexico into Central America and through much of South America. It also owned several Caribbean islands. Although Spain lost most of its American territories north of Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War (1848), it maintained most of its other possessions until the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Answer 4

Spain