USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Peninsulares ran the colonial government in the name of ____
A
the poor
B
the Creoles
C
the King of Queens
D
the King of Spain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish Empire (Spanish: Imperio español), also known as the Hispanic Monarchy (Spanish: Monarquía Hispánica) or the Catholic Monarchy (Spanish: Monarquía Católica) was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its predecessor states between 1492 and 1976.

Detailed explanation-2: -The current Spanish constitution refers to the monarchy as “the Crown of Spain” and the constitutional title of the monarch is simply rey/reina de España: that is, “king/queen of Spain".

Detailed explanation-3: -The crown established New Spain as a viceroyalty in 1535, appointing as viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, an aristocrat loyal to the monarch rather than the conqueror Cortés. New Spain was the first of the viceroyalties that Spain created, the second being Peru in 1542, following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

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