HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Pedro De Valdivia, Encomienda
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Pedro de valdivia and ines suarez led a small army south of peru into a coastal desert of what is now chile. 1541- they found the city of santiago, chile"s modern capital. 1540-1547: they conquered much of chile for spain: 1550- spanish territory reached all the way from present-day kansas to chile. The first empire in history that was separated from its capital by an immense ocean. Ruler: spain"s charles i, aka holy roman emperor charles v. Colonists enslaved native americans: the king of spain claimed absolute power over his american lands. A. 1. entrusted the power to make laws for these lands to the council of the indies. A. 1. a. met in spain and sent its laws to two capitals in americas. In both mexico city and lima was a royal agent. The viceroy of mexico city ruled spain"s north american territory, called new. The viceroy of lima ruled spain"s south american lands, called peru.
