Viceroyalty of New Spain

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administrative division of the Spanish Empire former country viceroyalty

The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, encompassing much of present-day Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of the present-day United States from the 16th to the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (28)

Label	Occurrences
Viceroyalty of New Spain canonical	175
New Spain	135
Spanish Florida	4
Spanish colonial authorities	3
colonial Mexico	2
northern New Spain	2
viceroyal government of New Spain	2
viceroyalty of New Spain	2
Colonial New Spain	1
Establishment of New Spain	1
Kingdom of New Spain	1
New Spain (colonial Mexico)	1
New Spain (colonial period)	1
New Spain administration	1
New Spain colonists	1
Nueva España	1
Spanish California	1
Spanish North America	1
Spanish colonial administration in New Spain	1
Spanish colonial authorities in New Spain	1
Spanish colonial government in New Spain	1
Spanish frontier in North America	1
United States (Spanish colonial period)	1
Viceroyal authorities of New Spain	1
Viceroyal government of New Spain	1
Viceroyalty of New Spain (at foundation)	1
Viceroyalty of New Spain (at time of independence)	1
Virreinato de la Nueva España	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division of the Spanish Empire ⓘ former country ⓘ viceroyalty ⓘ
capital	Mexico City ⓘ
colonizerOf	Mexican Alta California ⓘ surface form: Alta California New Mexico ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
currency	Spanish dollar ⓘ Spanish real ⓘ
demographicFeature	mestizo population ⓘ
dissolutionCause	Mexican independence ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ silver mining ⓘ trans-Pacific trade ⓘ
endTime	1821 ⓘ
establishedBy	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
firstViceroy	Antonio de Mendoza ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
headOfState	King of Spain ⓘ
includedTerritory	Arizona Territory ⓘ surface form: Arizona California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Colorado ⓘ surface form: Colorado (southern part) Cuba ⓘ Florida ⓘ Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Louisiana (briefly) Nevada ⓘ New Galicia ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Spain Greater Mexico City metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: New Spain (metropolitan area of Mexico) Philippines ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ Texas ⓘ Utah ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Yucatán
lastViceroy	Juan O’Donojú ⓘ
legalSystem	Spanish law ⓘ
notablePort	Acapulco ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Aztec Empire ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
startTime	1535 ⓘ
successor	Belize ⓘ United Provinces of Central America ⓘ surface form: Central American United Provinces Dominican Republic ⓘ First Mexican Empire ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ surface form: Republic of Costa Rica Cuba ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cuba El Salvador ⓘ surface form: Republic of El Salvador Honduras ⓘ surface form: Republic of Honduras Nicaragua ⓘ surface form: Republic of Nicaragua Panama ⓘ surface form: Republic of Panama Philippines ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Philippines Mexico ⓘ surface form: United Mexican States United States of America ⓘ
tradeRoute	Manila–Acapulco route ⓘ surface form: Manila galleons

Referenced by (345)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Empire → hasPart → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Spanish Empire → notableColony → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

The Mark of Zorro → setInPeriod → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish California

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire → result → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment of New Spain

Latin American independence movements → location → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Spanish missions in California → partOf → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish frontier in North America

Spanish galleon trade → linkedRegion → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Queen Anne's War → locatedIn → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Florida

Queen Anne's War → participant → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Florida

Province of Georgia → borderedBy → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Florida

Colonial America → hasPart → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Florida

Colonial America → hasPart → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Mexican War of Independence → location → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Historic Centre of Mexico City → wasCapitalOf → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Felipe de Neve → partOf → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial administration in New Spain

Felipe de Neve → historicalRegion → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Viceroyalty of New Spain → includedTerritory → Viceroyalty of New Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Veracruz → wasPartOf → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez → countryOfCitizenship → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Juan de Fuca → associatedWith → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Adelantado of Florida → historicalRegion → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish North America

Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent → describes → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla → birthPlace → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla → deathPlace → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla → countryOfCitizenship → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

José María Morelos y Pavón → countryOfCitizenship → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

José María Morelos y Pavón → executedBy → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial authorities

Bourbon Spain → implementedIn → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Ignacio Allende → countryOfCitizenship → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe → country → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

La Malinche → historicalRegion → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain → setting → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Christianization of central Mexico → supportedBy → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial authorities in New Spain

Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés → describesPlace → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

subject surface form: Cartas de Relación

this entity surface form: New Spain

Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés → associatedWith → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

subject surface form: Cartas de Relación

this entity surface form: New Spain

Bourbon Reforms → affectedRegion → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Triple Alliance → followedBy → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Pedro de Alvarado → placeOfDeath → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Bernal Díaz del Castillo → countryOfActivity → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Junípero Serra → traveledTo → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Colonial Baroque → developedIn → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Central Mexico → colonialEntity → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Council of the Indies → jurisdiction → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: viceroyalty of New Spain

Manila–Acapulco route → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

New Mexico → wasPartOf → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain

Spanish America → includes → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City → foundedBy → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial authorities

Constitution of Apatzingán → placeAdopted → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

José Justo Corro → placeOfBirth → Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Spain