Nuevo Santander
New Santander Nuevo Santander ( Ferdinand VII | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Governor | |||||||
• May 31, 1748 - April 8, 1767 | José de Escandón | ||||||
• July 7, 1821 - September 22, 1822 | Felipe de la Garza Cisneros | ||||||
| Historical era | Colonial era | ||||||
• Established | 1746 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1821 | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1790 | 43,739 | ||||||
| Currency | Spanish colonial real | ||||||
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| Today part of | Mexico (Nuevo León & Tamaulipas) United States (Texas) | ||||||
Nuevo Santander (New Santander) was a region of the
southern Texas in the United States.[1]
Nuevo Santander was named after
Real Audiencia of Guadalajara in judicial matters, and in 1776, Nuevo Santander became part of the semi-autonomous Provincias Internas
.
José de Escandón founded the colony in 1747. In 1755, Jiménez was founded, which became the major town and capital of the colony. The state was subsequently renamed to Tamaulipas once Mexico gained its independence in 1821.[2]
See also
- Governors of Nuevo Santander
- History of Mexico
- History of Texas
- Brownsville, Texas
- Laredo, Texas
- Blas María de la Garza Falcón
- New Kingdom of León
- Eastern Internal Provinces
References
- ^ T. R. Fehrenbach (1 April 2014). Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans. Open Road Media. pp. 107–108. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
The borders of New Santander did not stop at the Rio Bravo [the Mexican name for the Rio Grande]; they went north to the Nueces, near Corpus Christi, then west and north to the Medina, then south again on a line along Laredo to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madres, deep in Mexico.
- ^ "TSHA | Nuevo Santander". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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