the Spanish Empire in North America. When Great Britain returned Florida to Spain in 1783, after the American Revolutionary War, Spanish territory completely encircled the Gulf of Mexico and stretched from Florida west to the Pacific Ocean, and north to Canada west of the Mississippi River. References Louisiana (New France) Fontainebleau (1762) Fontainebleau (1762) French and Indian War 18th century in New Orleans Pre-statehood history of Arkansas Pre-statehood history of Illinois Pre-statehood history of Missouri Pre-statehood history of Iowa Mississippi River Missouri River Fontainebleau (1762) 1762 in France 1762 in Spain 1762 in New France 1762 in New Spain Fontainebleau (1762) Legal history of Canada Legal history of Louisiana Fontainebleau (1762) France–Spain relations Fontainebleau Treaties of the Seven Years' War