The Multiple wars were erroneous with the US government successfully lobbying wars of "Bringing Liberty" to the various areas that in reality the US was attempting to take as states or Annex the territory from the Spanish. Over the course of the series of war many Spanish colonies clung to their former mother-nations for fear of running into American Expansionism. This pushed the Spanish empire to remain a major imperial power for next few Decades as their colonies and Viceroyalties clung to them as long as possible.