The new Bourbon kings do not split…

1776 CE

The new Bourbon kings do not split the Viceroyalty of New Spain into smaller administrative units as they had with the Viceroyalty of Peru.

The first innovation, in 1776, is by José de Gálvez, the new Minister of the Indies (1775–1787), establishing the Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas, known as the Provincias Internas (Commandancy General of the Internal Provinces of the North, (Spanish: Comandancia y Capitanía General de las Provincias Internas).

He appoints Teodoro de Croix (nephew of the former viceroy) as the first Commander General of the Provinicas Internas, independent of the Viceroy of New Spain, to provide more autonomy for the frontier provinces.

They include Nueva Vizcaya, Nuevo Santander, Sonora y Sinaloa, Las Californias, Coahuila y Tejas (Coahuila and Texas), and Nuevo México.

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José de Gálvez y Gallardo, marqués de Sonora View →

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