There has been a strong Hispanic component from the start. Pre revolution there was a lot of trade & business with the Hispanic world. Spanish coins were as good as anyones in the colonial market whatever the attitude of the crown of guvnor was. Residual Hispanic culture persisted in Florida, Texas, and New Mexico-California, despite persistant effort to stamp it out by some groups. Spanish long rivaled & then superseded German as the second language of the US before the middle of the 20th Century.