viceroyalties
Imperial administrative divisions
Viceroyalties is the plural of viceroyalty, a territory governed by a viceroy—a ruler who acts as the monarch's representative in a distant land.
The term appears most often in discussions of Spanish colonial America, which was divided into major administrative units: the viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and Río de la Plata.
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- subjugationForcing into submission
encomienda · mercantilism · missionaries · plantations · settlers · colonists · indigenous · slavery
Royal deputies abroad
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
delegation · sovereignty · legislation · policy · oversight · edicts · decrees · appointees
Administrative regions within nations
- domainsAreas of control or expertise
- realmsRuled territories or spheres
- governoratesGovernor-led administrative regions
- captainciesOffices of team leaders
subdivisions · boundaries · frontiers · regions · districts · jurisdictions · Peru · Brazil
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
succession · appointment · regency · social stratification · titles · ranks · officials · elite
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- exploitationSelfish use of others
subjugation · encomienda · mercantilism · missionaries · plantations · settlers · colonists · indigenous · slavery · extraction
viceroys
Royal deputies abroad
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
mandate · delegation · sovereignty · legislation · policy · oversight · edicts · decrees · appointees · alcalde
provinces
Administrative regions within nations
- domainsAreas of control or expertise
- realmsRuled territories or spheres
- governoratesGovernor-led administrative regions
captaincies · subdivisions · boundaries · frontiers · regions · districts · jurisdictions · Peru · Brazil · possessions
nobility
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
court · succession · appointment · regency · social stratification · titles · ranks · officials · elite · landed gentry
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- colonial enterprisesBritish East India Company, Dutch East India Company, East India Company, Hudson's Bay Company, chartered companies
- Spanish coloniesSpanish conquest, Spanish crown, viceroys, Spanish colony, conquistadors
- Latin American CitiesMexico City, Buenos Aires, Lima, Sao Paulo, Bogota
- imperialismempire building, colonization, imperial expansion, British Empire, colonies
viceroyaltiesthe crown
Monarch's ceremonial headwear
metropole · mother country · motherland · imperial capital · heartland
viceroyaltiessovereign nations
Self-ruling states with autonomy
republics · free states · dominions · protectorates · mandates
viceroyaltiesdemocracies
Governments elected by people
republics · self-rule · popular sovereignty · federations · communes