Viceroyalty of New Spain

The domination of Spain and Portugal in the New World was at the threshold of the 19th century twisted by a massive wave of national liberation struggle. The Spanish colonial empire, which existed for nearly three centuries included a vast territory. Prior to this time in Latin America were only two advanced empires - the Incas and Aztecs, who did not communicating together. There did not work, or exchange of capital or exchange of goods. Both empires eventually became the victims of unusually rapid colonization and hence started together all parts of the continent to communicate. Followed about 250 years of stabilization. Since the discovery of America in 1492, thus since the colonization of the Spanish and Portuguese colonizers began construction…

Colombia, formally known as New Granada, was conquered during the Spanish Conquest in the early 1500’s. It is divided into 32 departamentos or states, and one Distrito Capital. Geographically, three mountain ranges and two major rivers divide the country into four regions. How was the region colonized? Colonization in Latin America began with the founding of San Sebastian near Panama in 1510. In 1526, settlers founded Santa Marta, the oldest Spanish city still in existence in Colombia. New…

Introduction José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808) is mostly known for his work as Director of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the New Kingdom of Granada. Established in 1783, the Botanical Expedition had the purpose of carrying out a complete natural history of Spain’s «equinoctial» territories in America. Thereby, Mutis led the project of gathering a vast collection of flora and fauna specimens, and of illustrating them, for both theoretical and practical purposes. Likewise, the Botanical…

influenced in the constitution of a viceroyalty in its territory. To the development of this section, then, I will study the two colonizers campaigns separately, but with the purpose of tracing the common economical elements which constitute them. In this sense, I will be focus in three elements: first, the role of the Indian tribes in the consolidation of the project of searching and exploiting gold; second, the exploitation of the gold mines itself; and finally, the use of the two major…

and courageous people who fought to resist their invasion by the Spanish are all features of the extraordinary Aztec Empire. The Aztecs came from the land of Aztlán. They abandoned Aztlán in the 12th century to seek a new location to live in. Their Sun and War god, Huitzilopochtli, instructed them to search for a certain sign that would let them know their new home was found. Throughout their journey, they settled in many places, and fought with other people who lived in the territory. Soon,…

European people to the goods of the East. Goods, such as spices, became necessities, but they were increasingly costly. These goods had to be transported over long overland routes. Many times middlemen would take profits from these goods before they even reached European merchants. Europeans knew they needed a new, cheaper route to Asia. Because of the need of these costly goods, economic and political rivalry began amongst European powers. They needed to see who could first secure a new route…

series of revolutions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Many of these revolutions held one ideology highest and that was racial equality. Some great examples of these occurrences would be the revolution of Tupac Amaru II in the the viceroyalty of Peru, Jose Maria Morelos in New Spain, and Toussant Louveture from the French Haiti colony. As said before, each of these men fought for independence with a real emphasis on racial equality, but through each of these cases, this inequality…

After Columbus ' discovery of the Americas, Spain reaped the benefits of this New World. More than a century later, Europeans finally took an interest in establishing colonies in North America. King James I of England established Jamestown, made up of men from the Virginia Company, in Virginia in 1607. Soon after, England established several new colonies along the Atlantic Coast. While Spain and British colonization efforts both began with the goal of finding new wealth, they differed in their…

Sample Outline Introduction Hook (1 sentence) The Crown had big developments made throughout the years of Colonisation to facilitate the white population, and this caused problems for the natives. Road Map (3-5 sentences) The economic changes, like the taxes and the introduction of mining, put the natives in a difficult position. Political acts taken upon the country, for example the reforms and the ruling of the viceroyalties, were extensively focused on the well-being of the Spanish and the…

Spain, Britain, France, and Portugal all developed colonies in North and South America, but they administered them in differing ways. French explorers such as Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain founded French colonies on the island of Mont Real (now Montreal) and in Quebec by sailing along the St. Lawrence river. The summation of their new colonies became known as New France. After priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joliet explored the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes, add…