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Antonio de Mendoza- Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, Marquis oI Mondejar, Count oI Tendilla

(Spanish: Antonio de Mendoza, Marques de Mondejar, Conde de Tendilla) (1495 Alcala la


Real, (Jaen); July 21, 1552, Lima), was the Iirst viceroy oI New Spain, serving Irom April 17,
1535 to November 25, 1550, and the second viceroy oI Peru, Irom September 23, 1551 to July
21, 1552. Married to Maria Ana de Trujillo de Mendoza.
Viceroys in New Spain- A viceroy /vas.r/ is a royal oIIicial who runs a country, colony,
or province (or state) in the name oI and as representative oI the monarch. The term derives Irom
the Latin preIix vice-, meaning "in the place oI" and the French word roi, meaning king. A
viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty. The adjective Iorm is viceregal, less
oIten viceroyal.
8ourbon keforms (ln Spanlsh 8eformas 8orbnlcas) were a seL of economlc and pollLlcal leglslaLlon
lnLroduced by Lhe Spanlsh Crown under varlous klngs of Lhe Pouse of 8ourbon LhroughouL Lhe 18Lh
cenLury 1he reforms were lnLended Lo sLlmulaLe manufacLurlng and Lechnology ln order Lo modernlze
Spaln ln Spanlsh Amerlca Lhe reforms were deslgned Lo make Lhe admlnlsLraLlon more efflclenL and Lo
promoLe lLs economlc commerclal and flscal developmenL 1he crown dld Lhls ln hopes LhaL lL would
have a poslLlve effecL on Lhe economy of Spaln lurLhermore Lhe 8ourbon 8eforms were lnLended Lo
llmlL Lhe power of Creoles and reesLabllsh Spanlsh prlmacy over Lhelr colonles
!enninsularies- ln Lhe colonlal casLe sysLem of Spanlsh Amerlca a penlnsular (Spanlsh pronunclaLlon
penlnsurlar pl penlnsulares) was a Spanlshborn Spanlard or malnland Spanlard resldlng ln Lhe new
World as opposed Lo a person of full Spanlsh descenL born ln Lhe Amerlcas or hlllpplnes (known as
crlollos) 1he word penlnsular makes reference Lo Lhe lberlan enlnsula where Spaln ls locaLed
ose Antonio !aez- ose Antonio Paez Herrera (13 June 1790 6 May 1873) was General in
ChieI oI the army Iighting Spain during the Venezuelan Wars oI Independence, in addition to
becoming the President oI Venezuela once it was independent oI the Gran Colombia (1830
1835; 18391843; 18611863). He is considered a prime example oI a 19th century South
American caudillo.
Simon Bolivar- simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco,
commonly known as Simon Bolivar (Spanish pronunciation: July 24, 1783, Caracas, Venezuela
December 17, 1830, Santa Marta, Colombia) was a Venezuelan military and political leader.
Together with Jose de San Martin, he played a key role in Hispanic-Spanish America's
successIul struggle Ior independence Irom the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one oI
the most inIluential politicians in Latin American history.
La !ola- Policarpa Salavarrieta (c. 1795 November 14, 1817), also known as La Pola, was a
Neogranadine seamstress who spied Ior the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish
Reconquista oI the Viceroyalty oI New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and
ultimately executed Ior high treason. She is now considered a heroine oI the independence oI
Colombia.

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