Spanish Caribbean around 1600. The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo in the center.
Status
Province of Spain
Capital
Santo Domingo
Common languages
Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)
Dominican
Government
Monarchy
King
• 1493–1516
Ferdinand II and Isabella I (first)
• 1861-1865
Queen Isabella the ll (last)
Governor
• 1493–1500
Christopher Columbus (first)
• 1788–1795
Joaquín García y Moreno (last)
History
• Human settlement
Before 1493
• European settlement
1493-1821
• Treaty of Ryswick, ceded western portion to France
1697
• Peace of Basel, ceded eastern portion to France
1795
Currency
Santo Domingo real
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Columbian Viceroyalty
Saint-Domingue
Era de Francia
Today part of
Dominican Republic
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Peace of Basel
French Santo Domingo (1795–1809)
Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo
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The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Capitanía General de Santo Domingopronounced[kapitaˈni.axeneˈɾaldeˈsantoðoˈmiŋɡo]ⓘ) was the first colony in the New World, established by Spain in 1492 on the island of Hispaniola. The colony, under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, was granted administrative powers over the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean and most of its mainland coasts, making Santo Domingo the principal political entity of the early colonial period.[1]
Due to its strategic location, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo served as headquarters for Spanish conquistadors on their way to the mainland and was important in the establishment of other European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. It is the site of the first European city in the Americas, Santo Domingo, and of the oldest castle, fortress, cathedral, and monastery in the region. The colony was a meeting point of European explorers, soldiers, and settlers who brought with them the culture, architecture, laws, and traditions of the Old World.
The colony remained a military stronghold of the Spanish Empire for over a century, successfully defending against British, Dutch, and French expeditions into the region until the early 17th century. After pirates working for the French colonial empire took over part of the west coast, French settlers arrived and decades of armed conflict ensued. Spain finally ceded the western third of Hispaniola to France in the 1697 Peace of Ryswick, thus establishing the basis for the future nations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
^Spain (1680). Recopilación de las Leyes de Indias. Titulo Quince. De las Audiencias y Chancillerias Reales de las Indias. Madrid. Spanish-language facsimile of the original.
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