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Viceroyalties were administrative divisions in the Spanish Empire, overseen by a viceroy appointed by the king to govern a specific region or colony on his behalf. Viceroyalties helped facilitate governance and control in distant territories by providing a direct link to the central authority.
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What two viceroyalties were set up?
Spain and Peru
Provinces that were ruled by direct representatives of the monarch?
Viceroyalties
The four viceroyalties of Latin America were?
The four viceroyalties of Latinamerica were: New Spain, New Granada, Peru and La Plata
What you New Spain New Grenada Peru and the Rio de la plata forned by Spain as?
Viceroyalties
What name is given to the spanish divisions of its new world territories?
"viceroyalties"-mexico,peru,new granda and la plata.
What was New Spain viceroyalties?
After Spain had conquered areas in Central America and the southern part of North America in the 16th century, those territories were called New Spain.
Why did Spain form viceroyalties?
For ease of administration. It would have been grossly unwieldy for a 17th-century government to try to administer nearly all of Central and South America from one place.
What were the Viceroyalties?
The vice royals were effectively deputies for the Spanish kings and queens, who clearly could not be everywhere. Thus their representatives in parts of Spain and eventually Latin America were vice royals, and the Viceroyalities were the areas governed by them.
What were the Spanish Viceroyalties?
The vice royals were effectively deputies for the Spanish kings and queens, who clearly could not be everywhere. Thus their representatives in parts of Spain and eventually Latin America were vice royals, and the Viceroyalities were the areas governed by them.
What was the nature of the 18th century reforms in the Portuguese and Spanish colonies?
The 18th century reforms in portugese and spanish colonies were similar in the creation of more viceroyalties for better defense and administration, lessening of the Catholic church's influence in political decisions and the removal of Creoles from administrative positions
Why was Spain so able to control so much of the new world?
Spain was the first European country to explore the Americas. Spanish conquistadors were sent to the New World with much better military technology than that which was available to the local inhabitants. Colonists were drawn to the Americas by the promise of vast riches and the prospect of winning new souls for God. The Spanish Monarchy was able to control the Spanish settlers through a system of viceroyalties and audencias (royal courts of appeals).
How did Spain structure its American empire?
Spain built its American Empire by first subdividing it into Viceroyalties: New Spain, New Granada, Rio de la Plata, and Peru. These Viceroyalties would be led by Peninsulares, who were Spaniards born in Spain and moved to the New World to govern those areas. The Peninsulares would also have top-level bureaucrats who were also Peninsulares. The children of the Peninsulares, called criollos/creoles, were generally allowed economic freedom, even though they lacked political power. The economic engine of the colonies depended on the terrain and resources. In flatter, warmer regions, there were large sugarcane, tobacco, and cotton plantations. In more mountainous areas, there were vast gold and silver mines. The plantations were generally worked by African slaves and the mines were typically worked by Indigenous Peoples.
