THE VICEROYALTY

TERRITORY
. By
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(L IBRA RY OF C ONGRESS,
2022)
 1 Hacienda and
developed by Spain granting . Encomienda System
large amounts of land to settlers
and claiming ownership of all of
the resources and of the
natives. (Mcalister, 1968)

3.Caste system 2. Social system

SOC IA L
ECONOMY
1.Economic activities
Spaniards developed a number of
educational institutions and oversaw a n
economy based almost entirely on mining
and ranching. (Hoyt, 1998)

2.Regions where they were carried out

Zacatecas, Puebla.
Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi,
Pachuca and Taxco.
Zacatecas was producing a
third of Mexico’s silver.
(Hoyt, 1998)
 New e y w a s t h e
Spain T h e vic r o
gove was t i v e , b u t
rned chief ex e c u
v i c er as a
o ya lty s p o w e r s w e re
provi ,a hi
repre
nce h
e ade
d by limited by t h e
senta a
king t i ve o f Council o f t h e
or q u the
S p a in een o Indies.
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h e r m a n , 1 9 8 1)
(Sher
man,1 (S
981)
1.
Type
of
2 .L e v el s o f g o v e rn m e n t
govern in Ne w S p a in
ment
in
Spain

3.All viceroys

POLITICS
 C UL TURA L
1. characteristics of
Catholicism
in New Spain
Spainards brought with them
missionaries to promulgate the
o f Catholic religion. they prohibited
a c ter i s t i c s
2. C h a r human
to sacrifice
their gods. and1998)
(Hoyt, food related
w S p ain.
l i c i s m i nN e
Catho
c h i e f g oal
a n c i s c a ns
The Fr the
3.Education
e r f o r m
w a s to p d intro d u c e t h e Franciscans established
n t s a n
sacrame d a m e n tals schools where youngsters
n s t o e fun
th learned to read and write and
In d i a
d o c t r ine
f C h r i s t ian were introduced to european
o
9 9 8) music and the arts. (Hoyt,
(H o y t , 1
1998)
REFERENCES:
Library of Congress (2022) DISTANT NEIGHBORS:  The U.S. and the Mexican independence.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/mexico/Map1825.html
L , Mcalister (1968) Hispanic American Historical Review 
https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-83-3-561
W, Sherman (1981) Spain and New Spain.
https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-61.2.362a
D, Hoyt (1998) Religion and society in New Spain: Mexico’s Colonial era.
https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1562-religion-and-society-in-new-spain-mexico-s-colonial-era/