Answer:
A. the Southwest and Florida
Explanation:
In North America, Spain adopted a more dynamic policy than in the other colonies. As miners, soldiers, and priests moved into the southwestern semi-desert lands, military governments were organized in Texas (1718), Sinaloa (1734), Nova Santander (1746), and California (1767). It extended east to the Mississippi and north to Monterrey and San Francisco.In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, Spain stayed with Lousiana.