The audiencia is divided into provinces for…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

The audiencia is divided into provinces for administrative purposes, and the leading official in each province is generally called an alcalde mayor, or governor.

Leon is the capital of the Province of Nicaragua, housing the local governor, the Roman Catholic bishop, and other important appointees.

An elite of creole (individuals of Spanish descent born in the New World) merchants controls the economic and political life of each province.

Because of the great distance between the centers of Spanish rule, political power is centered with the local government, the town council or ayuntamiento, which ignores most official orders from the Spanish crown.

Locations
León Leon Nicaragua View →

Groups
Maya peoples View → English people View → Belize (colonial) View → Santiago, Colony of (Spanish Jamaica) View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Essiquibo (Dutch colony) View → Berbice (Dutch colony) View → Dutch West Indies View → Jamaica (English Colony) View → French West India Company View → Dutch Guiana View → England, (Orange and Stewart) Kingdom of View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View →

Topics
Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Yucatán, Spanish Conquest of View → Guatemala, Spanish conquest of View → Colonization of the Americas, French View → Colonization of the Americas, English View → Colonization of the Americas, Dutch View → Piracy, Golden Age of View →

Commodities
Colorants View → Textiles View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Environment View → Conflict View → Government View → Piracy View →

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