<Tr> <Td> United States Protectorate over Cuba </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Warning: Value specified for "continent" does not comply </Td> </Tr> <P> The Spanish West Indies or Spanish Antilles (also known as "Las Antillas Occidentales" or simply "Antillas Españolas" in Spanish) was the former name of the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean . It became a territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain when the viceroyalty was created in 1535 . </P>

Once the spanish settled in the caribbean they did what