Spanish America

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colonial territory historical region part of the Spanish Empire

Spanish America comprised the vast territories in the Americas under Spanish colonial rule, encompassing much of present-day Latin America from the late 15th to the early 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish colonial America	2
American colonies of Spain	1
Las Indias Españolas	1
New World territories of Spain	1
Spanish American colonies	1
Spanish Empire in the Americas	1
Spanish Indies	1
Spanish South America	1
Spanish colonial empire in South America	1
Spanish colonial era in northern South America	1
Western Design against Spanish America	1

Statements (104)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ part of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
administrativeBody	Council of the Indies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Spanish America ⓘ surface form: Las Indias Españolas Spanish America ⓘ surface form: Spanish Indies Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ
capital	Bogotá ⓘ Buenos Aires ⓘ Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana Lima ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Antigua Guatemala ⓘ surface form: Santiago de Guatemala Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ surface form: Santo Domingo
colonialPower	Crown of Castile ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent	Americas ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
culturalLegacy	Hispanic American culture ⓘ spread of Catholicism in the Americas ⓘ spread of Spanish language in the Americas ⓘ
currency	Spanish real ⓘ
demographics	African slaves presence ⓘ Spanish settlers minority ⓘ indigenous peoples majority in many regions ⓘ
dissolutionDate	early 19th century ⓘ
economy	based on agriculture ⓘ based on mining ⓘ based on trade ⓘ
education	controlled by Catholic Church ⓘ
endTime	early 19th century ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
inception	1492 ⓘ
includes	Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ Audiencia of Lima ⓘ Audiencia of Mexico ⓘ Audiencia of Quito ⓘ Audiencia of Santo Domingo ⓘ Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
independenceMovement	Argentine War of Independence ⓘ Chilean War of Independence ⓘ Colombian War of Independence ⓘ Mexican War of Independence ⓘ Peruvian War of Independence ⓘ Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
legalSystem	Spanish law ⓘ surface form: Castilian law Laws of the Indies ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Argentina ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ Panama ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ Peru ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ parts of Belize ⓘ parts of Brazil ⓘ parts of Guyana ⓘ parts of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ parts of the United States ⓘ
majorExport	cacao ⓘ gold ⓘ silver ⓘ sugar ⓘ tobacco ⓘ
notableEvent	Bourbon Reforms ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Wars of Independence in Spanish America
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonial empire
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousOrder	Augustinians ⓘ Dominican friars ⓘ surface form: Dominicans Franciscan Order ⓘ surface form: Franciscans Society of Jesus ⓘ surface form: Jesuits
rulingDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ House of Trastámara ⓘ
socialClass	criollos ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ indigenous peoples ⓘ mestizos ⓘ peninsulares ⓘ
socialStructure	caste system ⓘ
startTime	late 15th century ⓘ
tradeRegulator	Casa de Contratación ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Spanish America → alsoKnownAs → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Indies

Spanish America → alsoKnownAs → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Las Indias Españolas

Siete Partidas → appliedIn → Spanish America ⓘ

Spanish law → appliesIn → Spanish America ⓘ

Bourbon Reforms → appliesTo → Spanish America ⓘ

New Laws of 1542 → appliesTo → Spanish America ⓘ

Cortes of Cádiz → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish America ⓘ

Council of the Indies → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish America ⓘ

King of the Indies → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: New World territories of Spain

Laws of the Indies → appliesToTerritory → Spanish America ⓘ

asiento de negros contract → appliesToTerritory → Spanish America ⓘ

Apostolos Valerianos → areaOfActivity → Spanish America ⓘ

Portuguese America → borderedBy → Spanish America ⓘ

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) → definedBoundaryBetween → Spanish America ⓘ

Colonial Baroque → developedIn → Spanish America ⓘ

Catholic Monarchy → hasComponentTerritory → Spanish America ⓘ

Audiencia of Bogotá → historicalPeriod → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial era in northern South America

Iberian Union → includesTerritory → Spanish America ⓘ

Royal Audiencia of Charcas → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish South America

Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → Spanish America ⓘ

Ciudad de los Reyes → partOf → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial America

Governorate of New Toledo → partOf → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial empire in South America

New Kingdom of Granada → partOf → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial America

Viceroyalty of New Granada → partOf → Spanish America ⓘ

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata → partOf → Spanish America ⓘ

Blasco Núñez Vela → regionOfActivity → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Empire in the Americas

Philip II of Spain → ruledTerritory → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: American colonies of Spain

Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → significantEvent → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Design against Spanish America

Pedro de Cevallos → sphereOfInfluence → Spanish America ⓘ

Middle Passage → terminatesAt → Spanish America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish American colonies

Charles I of Spain → territoryRuled → Spanish America ⓘ

Duchess → theatreOfOperations → Spanish America ⓘ

Adelantado mayor → usedIn → Spanish America ⓘ

Captain General → usedIn → Spanish America ⓘ

Spanish real → usedIn → Spanish America ⓘ

Spanish dollar → usedInRegion → Spanish America ⓘ