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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.
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∙ 7y agoSpain structured the American empire by not freeing the slaves and taking more and more land . so Cortes and Pizarro helped structure Americas as well
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The Inca tribe.
What are two similarities from Cortes and Pizarro?
Both Cortes and Pizarro were born in Spain
Who built an American empire first Spain or Portugal?
Spain
Spain's American empire was not challenged until the?
1500's
How did Spain set up a social structure in its American colonies?
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How did Spain establish colonial government?
they establish it by looking at francis drakes map
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Spain gained the vital port city of New Orleans,,& retained control of the vast empire.
Does Spain have an empire?
Spain was so an empire.
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The largest social class in Spain's American empire was made up of what?
nIkKaH PlEaSe
Did the Americans rule Spain?
No. In 1898 the US and Spain fought the Spanish-American War, and Spain lost its overseas empire to the Americans, but the Americans never ruled Spain or tried to.
How After France was defeated how was it's North American Empire divided between Britain and Spain?
Spain gained the vital port city of New Orleans,,& retained control of the vast empire.
Was Spain an empire?
Spain was very much an empire.
What were sources of wealth for Spain in its American Empire?
1. GOLD 2. Silver 3. Agriculture
