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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: New Spain, Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, Gadsden Purchase, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Fort Defiance, Arizona, Mexican period of Arizona, Apache Wars, Spanish period of Arizona, European colonization of Arizona, Eusebio Kino, Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia, Traditional Arizona, Laws of the Indies, Big Bug, Arizona, Provincias Internas, First Battle of Terrenate, Bascom Affair, Peralta Stones, Pima Indian Revolt, Planchas de Plata, Sonora, V-bar-V petroglyph site, Battle of the Pinal Mountains, Salado culture, Sinagua, Territorial evolution of Arizona, Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuner, Gila Expedition, Second Battle of Fort Defiance, Pimeria Alta. Excerpt: New Spain, formally called the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: ), was a viceroyalty of the Spanish colonial empire, comprising primarily territories in what was known then as ‘America Septentrional’ North America. Its capital was Mexico City, formerly Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire. New Spain was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and at its greatest extent included much of North America south of Canada: all of present-day Mexico and Central America (except Panama), most of the United States west of the Mississippi River and the Floridas. New Spain also included the Spanish East Indies (Philippine Islands, Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, Taiwan, and parts of the Moluccas) and the Spanish West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola with Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad, and the Bay Islands). Administrative units included Las Californias (present-day California, Nevada, Baja California, and Baja California Sur), Nueva Extremadura (including the present-day states of Coahuila and Texas), and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico (including parts of Texas and New Mexico). New S…
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