What was the impact of spains settlement in the americas?

They brought a lot of their culture to parts of the Southern States

The first settlement in Florida was Spanish, followed by others in New Mexico, California, Arizona, Texas, and Louisiana. The earliest Spanish settlements north of Mexico (known then as New Spain) were the results of the same forces that later led the British to come to that area. The history of Spanish-American relations has been defined as one of "love and hate