Spanish Viceroyalties
The Spanish empire was organized as viceroyalties with separate domains.
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New Spain
Theviceroyalty of New Spain was created to oversee all of the New World and Asian colonies. It fell under the purview of the Council of the Indies.
The viceroyalty was then subdivided into several captaincy generals:
Santo Domingo, with a real audiencia also of Santo Domingo
Philippines, with a real audiencia in Manila
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The viceroys and governor-generals that oversaw these administrations, respectively, were all royal appointments with effectively absolute power. (Governor-generals chaired the corresponding audencias ex officio.)
Peru
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New Grenada
In 1777 the viceroyalty of New Spain was split, with most of South America being moved into the new viceroyalty of New Grenada.
The subdivisions were: