FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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A person who rules a country.
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A person who becomes king or queen of a country or territory.
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A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen.
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A person who explores new lands for a king or queen.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Last Updated: Article History. Table of Contents. viceroy, one who rules a country or province as the representative of his sovereign or king and who is empowered to act in the sovereign’s name.
Detailed explanation-2: -Viceroyalty. The Viceroyalty was administered by a viceroy residing in Mexico City and appointed by the Spanish monarch, who had administrative oversight of all of these regions, although most matters were handled by the local governmental bodies, which ruled the various regions of the viceroyalty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish Virreinato de Nueva España, the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World. Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the Isthmus of Panama under Spanish control.
Detailed explanation-4: -From 1565 to 1821, the Philippines was governed as part of the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain, later administered from Madrid following the Mexican War of Independence.