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It lost its remaining colonies in the Caribbean and the Pacific, notably Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. All but Cuba became US territories.
Spain ceded them to the US after the Spanish-American War.
On behalf of Spain's request, the French ambassador in Washington DC was asked by Spain to help arrange a peace treaty to end the Spanish - American War. The treaty, signed in Paris was called the Treaty of Paris.
The Spanish Civil War ended in Spain.
It was a Spanish Colony for more than 400 years.
Concession by Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 as resolved in the Treaty of Paris.