A lot of what is now the United States was never really colonized during the time that it was still part of France or Spain or Mexico's empire. Arizona, Utah, Colorado, large parts of Texas/Oklahoma and th plains states were largely de facto Native land until the Americans showed up.
the image shows the western half being native land (as in not stolen) in 1850 when a lot if it would've been taken by Spain and then Mexico
A lot of what is now the United States was never really colonized during the time that it was still part of France or Spain or Mexico's empire. Arizona, Utah, Colorado, large parts of Texas/Oklahoma and th plains states were largely de facto Native land until the Americans showed up.
That's true. But the Spanish definitely has a precense in California for example