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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Spanish_EmpireSpanish Empire - Wikipedia

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   The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery.

   • Religion: Roman Catholicism

3. www.worldhistory.org › article › 2017Colonial Government in the Spanish Empire - World History ...

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   • The Pyramid of Government
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   • Audiencias
   • Alcaldes Mayores & Town Councils
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   Spain colonised vast parts of the Americas starting from the landing by Christopher Columbus(1451-1506) in 1492. Working through the Caribbean islands and then moving on to the mainland in the first decades of the 16th century, by 1570, some 100,000 Europeans were governing over 10 million indigenous peoples who inhabited lands from what is today t...

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   The Council of the Indies (El Real y Supremo Consejo de las Indias) was based in Spain, and it was created by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519-1556) in 1524 to oversee all colonial matters in the Americas and the Spanish East Indies. The name of this institution comes from the term then used to describe the Americas, the 'Spanish Indies'. The...

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   The viceroy directly represented the Spanish Crown in their particular colonial territory, a viceroyalty being the largest administrative area within the empire. There were eventually four viceroyalties: 1. The Viceroyalty of New Spain(today's Mexico, Central America, parts of the southern United States, the Caribbean Antilles, and the Philippines)...

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   The corregidor was a judicial and political officer who directly represented the Spanish Crown. He was, in effect, the governor of a specific area. The corregidor in New Spain served for five years if selected from Spain, but only three years if recruited locally. In Peru, he served for just one year. Thecorregidor appointed administrators (tenient...

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   All the major cities of the Spanish Empire had an audiencia, which was responsible for certain legal, political and commercial matters which concerned both European settlers and indigenous peoples. The audiencia had jurisdiction over a particular city and its surrounding area. It met in regular sessions (acuerdos) and passed legislation (autos acor...

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   Local town councils (cabildos) were led by a mayor (alcaldes mayores) who typically served for three years. Beneath the mayor were the councillors (regidores), between four and six in a small town and at least eight in larger towns. The councillors were initially appointed by the Crown but then elected by the local citizens (vecinos), that is prope...

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   All of the above institutions and individuals were so organised that they kept each other in check and resulted in no single person or body ever becoming so powerful that they might threaten the interests of the Spanish monarchy. Another specific policy to ensure this objective was to limit the terms of office of officials in any single location. T...

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4. www.worldhistory.org › collection › 1987 Maps of the Spanish Colonial Empire

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   Feb 7, 2024 · Image Gallery. In this gallery of seven maps, we examine the vast overseas territories of the Spanish Empire from the late 15th century to the 19th century. The empire reached its height during the Age of Exploration and included regions in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Governorates_of_theGovernorates of the Spanish Empire - Wikipedia

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   After the 1494 territorial division of South America between Spain and Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas, the colonial administration of the continent was divided into Governorates. Caribbean and Tierra Firme Tierra Firme, Governorate of Castilla de Oro and New Andalucia (Mainland of Colombia)

6. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › Spanish_EmpireSpanish Empire - New World Encyclopedia

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   Anachronous map of the Crown of Aragon. Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Trade flourished across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Toppling the Aztec and Inca civilizations, Spain laid claim to vast territories in North and South America.

7. www.encyclopedia.com › history › encyclopediasGovernment, Colonial, in Spanish America | Encyclopedia.com

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   Government, Colonial, in Spanish America. In the Capitulations of Santa Fe (1492), the Spanish monarchs named Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) as viceroy of the "discovered lands" and granted him extensive powers to govern in the new lands and to benefit from the wealth they created. But it was not long before the crown sought to take back ...

8. www.khanacademy.org › humanities › us-historyLesson summary: The Spanish empire (article) | Khan Academy

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   Lesson summary: The Spanish empire. Google Classroom. A high-level overview of Spanish efforts at early colonization. Early interactions between the Spanish and Native Americans who lived in Central and South America led to a series of cultural exchanges that affected both the New World and the Old World. Key terms.