HIST 2260 Lecture Notes - Antonio López De Santa Anna, Vasco De Quiroga, Eusebio Kino
1 Dec 2013
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Where audiencias in spain simply courts of justice, in colonies they were more powerful, performing legislative and executive functions. Fall of aztec capital tenochtitl n (mexico city) in 1521 which marked true beginning of new spain from then on, spain embarked on period of exploration and conquest. 1522 cortez became governor and captain general of new spain" promptly founded mexico city on ruins of tenochtitl n, building european-style colonial capital with rubble left from razed aztec pyramids, temples and palaces, and with chief. Cathedral built over ruins of central aztec pyramid. Aristocrat who came to new world late in life, in 1531 in his early 60s trained as lawyer, became priest. Charles v had appointed vasco de quiroga as one of the leading judges of the audiencia. Appointed bishop in 1537 over model community among native peoples. Plan to create communities where amerindians not only receive instruction in religion, but also in arts and crafts, and in.
