The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Establishment_of_Spanish_Rule_in_America

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedCivilizations	gptkb:Maya_civilization gptkb:Aztec_Empire gptkb:Inca_Empire
gptkbp:beganIn	1492
gptkbp:cause	decline of indigenous populations
gptkbp:causedBy	gptkb:war forced labor diseases such as smallpox
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	gptkb:Catholicism Mexican Spanish architecture Spanish music Spanish art Spanish legal system
gptkbp:economy	mercantilism
gptkbp:endDate	gptkb:Latin_American_wars_of_independence early 19th century
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Council_of_the_Indies gptkb:Spanish_Crown
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America
gptkbp:introducedAnimals	gptkb:livestock horses pigs
gptkbp:introducedCrops	gptkb:wheat barley olives grapes
gptkbp:involves	conquest of indigenous civilizations establishment of viceroyalties
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkbp:ledTo	transatlantic slave trade encomienda system introduction of Spanish language spread of Christianity in the Americas mestizaje (racial mixing)
gptkbp:mainViceroyalties	gptkb:Viceroyalty_of_New_Spain gptkb:Viceroyalty_of_New_Granada gptkb:Viceroyalty_of_Peru gptkb:Viceroyalty_of_the_Río_de_la_Plata
gptkbp:majorCitiesFounded	gptkb:Bogotá gptkb:Buenos_Aires gptkb:Havana gptkb:Lima gptkb:Mexico_City gptkb:Quito
gptkbp:notableConquistadors	gptkb:Pedro_de_Alvarado gptkb:Francisco_Pizarro gptkb:Hernán_Cortés gptkb:Diego_de_Almagro
gptkbp:platform	gptkb:Laws_of_the_Indies
gptkbp:resourceExtracted	gptkb:gold gptkb:sugar gptkb:tobacco silver cocoa
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Queen_Isabella_I_of_Castile gptkb:King_Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bernard_Moses
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7