New Spain
Definition
New Spain refers to the Spanish colonial territories in North and Central America during the 16th to 19th centuries. It encompassed areas such as present-day Mexico, parts of the United States, and Central America.
Related terms
Encomienda System: A system in which Spanish colonizers were granted land and Native American laborers in exchange for converting them to Christianity.
Viceroyalty: A political division within New Spain that was ruled by a viceroy appointed by the Spanish crown.
Mestizo: A term used to describe people of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry in New Spain.
"New Spain" appears in:
Subjects (1)
AP Spanish Literature
Study guides (2)
AP Art History - 3.3 Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Early European and Colonial American Art
AP Art History - 4.1 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Later European and American Art
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