Why did tension begin to rise in the mid-1500s between england and spain?

Both countries were trying to colonize the Americas and they fought over land

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.