11 Facts About Spanish America

Spanish America refers to the Spanish territories in the Americas during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

The term "Spanish America" was specifically used during the territories' imperial era between 15th and 19th centuries.

Regions with dense indigenous populations and sources of mineral wealth attracting Spanish America settlers became colonial centers, while those without such resources were peripheral to crown interest.

Spanish America universities expanded to train lawyer-bureaucrats for administrative positions in Spain and its overseas empire.

Spanish America strongly influenced the formulation of colonial policy under the Catholic Monarchs, and was instrumental in establishing the Casa de Contratacion, which enabled crown control over trade and immigration.

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Provinces in the Spanish America Empire had a royal treasury controlled by a set of officiales reales .

Spanish America conquerors holding grants of indigenous labor in encomienda ruthlessly exploited them Spanish America.

Spanish America's fall from power is viewed as an example of the weakening of the crown in the mid-seventeenth century since it failed to protect their duly appointed bishop.

Spanish America settlers sought to live in towns and cities, with governance being accomplished through the town council or Cabildo.

Religious orders in Spanish America had their own internal structures and were organizationally autonomous, but nonetheless were very important to the structure of colonial society.

Elite Spanish America men had access to special corporate protections and had exemptions by virtue of their membership in a particular group.