FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -At its height, the viceroyalty of New Spain consisted of Mexico, much of Central America, parts of the West Indies, the southwestern and central United States, Florida, and the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -The viceroyalty (Spanish: virreinato) was a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth century, for ruling its overseas territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -For the first two centuries of colonial rule, the Spanish American empire was divided into two viceroyalties, that of New Spain and that of Peru, whose capitals were in Mexico City and Lima respectively. The viceroyalties were themselves subdivided into smaller administrative units called audiencias.