Viceroyalty of New Spain

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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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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

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Referenced by (345)

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

Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca hasEstateLocation Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) countryOfBirth Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) placeOfBirth Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) associatedWith Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Luis Cortés countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Luis Cortés associatedWith Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
María Cortés associatedWith Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
First Mexican Empire establishedAfter Viceroyalty of New Spain
First Mexican Empire precededBy Viceroyalty of New Spain
New Galicia partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain
New Galicia partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Viceroy of New Spain appliesToJurisdiction Viceroyalty of New Spain
Viceroy of New Spain appliesToJurisdiction Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Spanish law appliesIn Viceroyalty of New Spain
Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo birthPlace Viceroyalty of New Spain
Guatemala Captaincy General subordinateTo Viceroyalty of New Spain
Guatemala Captaincy General borderedBy Viceroyalty of New Spain
La Corregidora placeOfActivity Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque officeJurisdiction Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Mexica successorState Viceroyalty of New Spain
Apostolos Ioannis Fokas placeOfActivity Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Tristán de Luna y Arellano regionOfActivity Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
subject surface form: Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Querétaro conspiracy of 1810 locatedIn Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Querétaro conspiracy of 1810 country Viceroyalty of New Spain
Codex Mendoza countryOfOrigin Viceroyalty of New Spain
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (New Mexico segments designated as NHL) associatedWith Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne subject Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne subject Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: colonial Mexico
Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne focusesOn Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: viceroyalty of New Spain
San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Viceroyalty of New Spain locatedIn Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Viceroyalty of New Spain country Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Congress of Chilpancingo region Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Juana María Guadalupe Pérez Pavón placeOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Dolores locatedInTimePeriod Viceroyalty of New Spain
subject surface form: Dolores Hidalgo
this entity surface form: Viceroyalty of New Spain (at time of independence)
Miguel Domínguez countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
Miguel Domínguez placeOfActivity Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain
Alta California (Spanish colony) partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain
Alta California (Spanish colony) establishedBy Viceroyalty of New Spain
María Ana de Unzaga countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
Isabel Moctezuma countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
Lienzo de Tlaxcala culturalContext Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: Colonial New Spain
José Joaquín Moraga politicalEntityServed Viceroyalty of New Spain
Hidalgo y Costilla countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of New Spain
subject surface form: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Texcoco successorPoliticalEntity Viceroyalty of New Spain
this entity surface form: New Spain