northern New Spain

E904983

frontier region historical region

Northern New Spain was the vast, sparsely populated frontier region of the Spanish Empire in North America, encompassing much of what is now northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern New Spain	1
Interior Provinces of New Spain	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	frontier region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administrativeChange	Bourbon Reforms in 18th century ⓘ
borderedBy	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ French Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous polities ⓘ
capital	Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	frontier of Spanish colonization ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
colonizationInstrument	civil settlements (pueblos, villas) ⓘ mission system ⓘ presidio system ⓘ
conflict	Apache Wars (colonial period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–indigenous frontier wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
endedWith	Mexican War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
exploredBy	Francisco Vázquez de Coronado NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan de Oñate NERFINISHED ⓘ Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	viceroy of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedRegion	Alta California NERFINISHED ⓘ Baja California NERFINISHED ⓘ Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ Coahuila NERFINISHED ⓘ Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ Las Californias NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana (after 1763, western portion) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Nueva Extremadura NERFINISHED ⓘ Nueva Vizcaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuevo México NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuevo Santander NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinaloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonora y Sinaloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousGroups	Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ Hopi NERFINISHED ⓘ Navajo NERFINISHED ⓘ Opata NERFINISHED ⓘ Pima NERFINISHED ⓘ Pueblo peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarahumara NERFINISHED ⓘ Ute NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaqui NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
laterBecamePartOf	United Mexican States NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	mining ⓘ mission agriculture ⓘ ranching ⓘ
notableRoute	Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NERFINISHED ⓘ Camino Real de las Californias NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of overland routes to the north ⓘ defense against rival European powers ⓘ
successorTerritory	Mexican northern states ⓘ U.S. Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century to early 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Spanish borderlands of northwestern New Spain → borderedBy → northern New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interior Provinces of New Spain

Pima Revolt of 1751 → hasLocation → northern New Spain ⓘ

Spanish conquest of northern New Spain → location → northern New Spain ⓘ

Tamazula, Nueva Vizcaya, Viceroyalty of New Spain → region → northern New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern New Spain