Answer:
supreme power is vested in the people and exercized directly by them or there elected agents under a free electoral system.
Explanation:
An important resource that Spain wanted from the colonies was gold.
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If it helps, this is what *did* happen to them,
they were made into client states of the soviet union (now referred to as the USSR) and turned into communist semi autonomous states
The Pinckney treaty was the first treaty between spain and united states. I think it ended in 1996 hoped this helped