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17th c. Dutch map of the Americas Universities founded in Spanish America by the Spanish Empire The empire in the Indies was a newly established dependency of the kingdom of Castile alone, so crown power was not impeded by any existing cortes (i.e. parliament), administrative or ecclesiastical institution, or seigneurial group. [ 65 ]
The Campo de Cahuenga, (/ k ə ˈ w ɛ ŋ ɡ ə / ⓘ) near the historic Cahuenga Pass in present-day Los Angeles, was an adobe ranch house on the Rancho Cahuenga where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont and General Andrés Pico in 1847, ending hostilities in California between Mexico and the United States.
The Province of Las Californias (Spanish: Provincia de las Californias) was a Spanish Empire province in the northwestern region of New Spain.Its territory consisted of the entire U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Utah, parts of Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado, and the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.
The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.
The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part of Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1847, and ending with signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by military leaders from both the Californios and Americans.
LACMA is marking the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan with an exhibition that aims to subvert the traditional narrative of Spanish conquest over Mexico.
It comes amid broader commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the 1519-1521 Spanish Conquest of Mexico, and 200 years of Mexico's 1821 independence from Spain. Mexico marks end of last ...
Map of the Valley of Mexico on the eve of the Spanish conquest On 8 November 1519, after the fall of Cholula, Cortés and his forces entered Tenochtitlan , the island capital of the Mexica-Aztecs. [ 49 ] : 219 It is believed that the city was one of the largest in the world at that time, and the largest in the Americas up to that point. [ 79 ]