What is considered New Spain?

At its height, New Spain included all of Mexico, Central America to the Isthmus of Panama, the lands that today are the southwestern United States and Florida , and much of the West Indies (islands in the Caribbean Sea). (It also included the Philippines, off the coast of southeast Asia.)

What countries are in New Spain?

At its height New Spain included what are today the southwestern United States, all of Mexico, Central America to the Isthmus of Panama, Florida, much of the West Indies (islands in the Caribbean), as well as the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean.

Why was New Spain called new?

Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish Virreinato de Nueva España, the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World. Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the Isthmus of Panama under Spanish control.

Is Mexico City the New Spain?

The Viceroyalty of New Spain Tenochtitlan was razed and then rebuilt as Mexico City, the capital of the viceroyalty. 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.

What is the capital of New Spain?

Ciudad de México
New Spain

Viceroyalty of New Spain Virreinato de Nueva España
Capital Ciudad de México
Common languages Spanish (official, administrative), Nahuatl, Mayan, Indigenous languages, French (Spanish Louisiana)
Religion Roman Catholicism
Government Kingdom

When did New Spain end?

1821
A New Spain, 1521-1821 traces the cultural, social, and political evolution of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from the fall of Moctezuma’s Mexico-Tenochtitlán in 1521 until the rise of Iturbide’s Mexican Empire in 1821.

How long did New Spain last?

A New Spain, 1521-1821 traces the cultural, social, and political evolution of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from the fall of Moctezuma’s Mexico-Tenochtitlán in 1521 until the rise of Iturbide’s Mexican Empire in 1821.

What are the 4 viceroyalties?

The Spanish Americas had four viceroyalties:

  • Viceroyalty of New Spain.
  • Viceroyalty of Peru.
  • Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
  • Viceroyalty of New Granada.

What states did Spain own?

This territory, which was given by the French to the Spanish in 1762, included Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North and South Dakota and most of Minnesota and Colorado. But Spain’s empire in the US collapsed in the 19th century.

Is Chilango a bad word?

It has a negative connotation when used principally by someone in one of the States of Mexico.