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VI Spanish North America1. Spain had two enormous Viceroyalties in the New World.a. One was named Viceroyalty of La Nueva España. It included all the Spanish provinces north of the Isthmus of Panama.b. The other was the Viceroyalty of Peru which covered all of Spanish South America except the coast of Venezuela.c. These two viceroyalties remained unaltered for two centuries until the Bourbons came into power in. Some 62 Viceroys ruled in New Spain and 41 ruled in Peru from 1492-1821.d. Technically Spanish Colonial America (including Mexico) was New Spain.e. New Spain gradually grew as the harsh semi desert north was slowly pacified by the exodus of missionary friars, miners, ranchers, and military governments settled this vast territory.f. Provinces within the viceroyalties were as follows: New Biscay (1562), New Leon (1579), New Mexico (1598), Coahuila y Tejas (1687-1718) under Mexico until 1836, Sinaloa (1734), New Santander (1746, areas north of the Rio Grande south of the Nueces River was a disputed area until 1846), California (1767).g. The Spanish presence on the North American Continent extended from the East Coast to the Pacific as far North in the Pacific as Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island in what is now British Columbia.VI Spanish Colonies in the U.S.1. Florida: Between 1513 and 1763, Spanish Florida extended across much of the Southeastern United States, forming one of the northernmost colonies in the New World Empire of Spain.b. It ranged from Virginia and the Carolinas south to the Florida Keys, and as far west as Alabama and the Florida panhandle.c. Spanish sailors, soldiers, missionaries, and colonists interacted with dozens of indigenous chiefdoms comprising literally hundreds of thousands of native Southeastern Indians.2. Louisiana: France (1699-1769) then Spain (1769-1800, 1803) then France (1803) sold it to the U.S. from France in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803HIST 1311 1st Edition Lecture 7 A. Conflicting Views of the Assemblies 1. English authorities and colonists had very different ideas about the powers of colonial assemblies. a. The colonists saw a two-level system: England responsible for the British Empire, the colonial assemblies responsible for local government. b. The English saw only a single system, one in which the king and Parliament were supreme in everything. c. The real power is in the Parliament.II. North America and the Struggle for Empire A. Indian Alliances and Rivalries 1. Many Indian tribes had formed alliances with colonists to assist thenewcomers, protect their own safety and advance their own interests, or defeat local rivals. a. Imperial rivalries, however, often took precedence over alliances with European newcomers. (great war for the empire) B. The Great War for Empire 1. The first four wars (of five) fought by England, France, and Spain angered the American colonists. a. Serious hostilities occurred in North America, but the only outcomes were taxes, inflation, impressments of colonial sailors, and greater commercial regulation. 2. Worldwide conflict between England and France began in 1754 and lasted until 1763. a. In the war’s North American theater, the French and their Indian allies attacked deeply into English territory. b. Britain eventually counterattacked in Canada and defeated the French at Quebec. c. All of Canada fell to the English in 1760 with the capture of Montreal. d. France and England were constantly at war with each other and the war that starts in the Stats is the French and Indian war.C. The Outcomes of the Great War for Empire 1. France lost most of her possessions around the world. a. In North America, France ceded Canada to the British. 2. England emerged from war deeply in debt. (tax; to cover up for their debt) 3. Mutual suspicion split the American colonists and the British. a. The Americans had continued to trade with the French during the war. b. The British military had behaved arrogantly, seized colonialgoods, and quartered troops at colonial expense.c. British kicked France out of the New World. VI Spanish North America1. Spain had two enormous Viceroyalties in the New World.a. One was named Viceroyalty of La Nueva España. It included all the Spanish provinces north of the Isthmus of Panama.b. The other was the Viceroyalty of Peru which covered all of Spanish South America except the coast of Venezuela.c. These two viceroyalties remained unaltered for two centuries until the Bourbons came into power in. Some 62 Viceroys ruled in New Spain and 41 ruled in Peru from 1492-1821.d. Technically Spanish Colonial America (including Mexico) was New Spain. e. New Spain gradually grew as the harsh semi desert north was slowly pacified by the exodus of missionary friars, miners, ranchers, andmilitary governments settled this vast territory.f. Provinces within the viceroyalties were as follows: New Biscay (1562), New Leon (1579), New Mexico (1598), Coahuila y Tejas (1687-1718) under Mexico until 1836, Sinaloa (1734), New Santander (1746, areas north of the Rio Grande south of the Nueces River was a disputed area until 1846), California (1767).g. The Spanish presence on the North American Continent extended from the East Coast to the Pacific as far North in the Pacific as Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island in what is now British Columbia.VI Spanish Colonies in the U.S.1. Florida: Between 1513 and 1763, Spanish Florida extended across much of the Southeastern United States, forming one of the northernmost colonies in the New World Empire of Spain.b. It ranged from Virginia and the Carolinas south to the Florida Keys, and as far west as Alabama and the Florida panhandle.c. Spanish sailors, soldiers, missionaries, and colonists interacted with dozens of indigenous chiefdoms comprising literally hundreds of thousands of native Southeastern Indians.d. 1600 Throughout the 17th century, although impeded by sporadic Indian outbreaks, Spanish colonization spreads in Florida.By the 1680s, San Marcos de Apalache (St. Marks of today) is a fort and a settlement of consequence. Pensacola is permanently resettled in 1698. e. 1702-1704 The British raid Spanish settlements including a52-day siege of St. Augustine. The town is captured but the fort is not. Governor James Moore of Carolina invades middle Florida forcing the Spaniards and Christianized Indians to abandon the Apalache missions. Within a few years, the mission era of Florida comes to an end. - 1714: Louie 14th dies. f. 1719 The French capture Pensacola;


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