Spanish missions in the colonial United States — established in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México), with sites/structures now in the present day southern and western United States.

New Spain (1521–1821)

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire → Spanish conquest of Guatemala → Spanish conquest of Yucatán → Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) → Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) → Dutch Revolt → Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) → Piracy in the Caribbean → Queen Anne's War → War of Jenkins' Ear → Seven Years' War → Spain and the American Revolutionary War
Conflicts with indigenous peoples during colonial rule	Mixtón War → Yaqui Wars → Chichimeca War → Philippine revolts against Spain → Acaxee Rebellion → Spanish–Moro conflict → Acoma Massacre → Tepehuán Revolt → Tzeltal Rebellion → Pueblo Revolt → Pima Revolt → Spanish American wars of independence

Central
government
and
administration

Habsburg Spain	Charles I Joanna of Castile Philip II Philp III Philip IV Charles II
Bourbon Spain	Philip V (also reigned after Louis I) Louis I Ferdinand VI Charles III Charles IV Ferdinand VII of Spain (also reigned after Joseph I)
Viceroys of New Spain	List of viceroys of New Spain
Audiencias	Guadalajara Captaincy General of Guatemala Manila Mexico Santo Domingo
Captancies General	Cuba Guatemala Philippines Puerto Rico Santo Domingo Yucatán Provincias Internas
Intendancy	Havana New Orleans State of Mexico Chiapas Comayagua Nicaragua Camagüey Santiago de Cuba Guanajuato Valladolid Guadalajara Zacatecas San Luis Potosí Veracruz Puebla Oaxaca Durango Sonora Mérida, Yucatán La Florida
Politics	Viceroy Gobernaciones Adelantado Captain general Corregidor (position) Cabildo Encomienda
Treaties	Treaty of Tordesillas Treaty of Zaragoza Peace of Westphalia Peace of Ryswick Peace of Utrecht Congress of Breda Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) Treaty of Paris (1783) Treaty of Córdoba Adams–Onís Treaty

Notable
cities,
provinces,
and territories

Cities	Mexico City Veracruz Xalapa Puebla Toluca Cuernavaca Oaxaca Morelia Acapulco Campeche Mérida Guadalajara Durango Monterrey León Guanajuato Zacatecas Pachuca Querétaro Saltillo San Luis Potosí Los Ángeles Yerba Buena (San Francisco) San José San Diego Santa Fe Albuquerque El Paso Los Adaes San Antonio Tucson Pensacola St. Augustine Havana Santo Domingo San Juan Antigua Guatemala Cebu Manila
Provinces and territories	Louisiana La Florida (Florida) Las Californias Alta California (California) Baja California Santa Fe de Nuevo México (New Mexico) Tejas (Texas) Nueva Galicia Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Extremadura New Kingdom of León Cebu Bulacan Pampanga
Other areas	Spanish Formosa

Explorers,
adventurers and
conquistadors

Pre-New Spain
explorers

Explorers and
conquistadors

Spanish missions in the Americas	Spanish missions in Arizona Spanish missions in Baja California Spanish missions in California Spanish missions in the Carolinas Spanish missions in Florida Spanish missions in Georgia Spanish missions in Louisiana Spanish missions in Mexico Spanish missions in New Mexico Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert Spanish missions in Texas Spanish missions in Virginia Spanish missions in Trinidad
Friars, fathers, priests, and bishops	Pedro de Gante Gerónimo de Aguilar Toribio de Benavente Motolinia Bernardino de Sahagún Juan de Zumárraga Alonso de Montúfar Vasco de Quiroga Bartolomé de las Casas Alonso de Molina Diego Durán Diego de Landa Gerónimo de Mendieta Juan de Torquemada Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora Eusebio Kino Francisco Javier Clavijero Junípero Serra Francisco Palóu Fermín de Lasuén Esteban Tápis José Francisco de Paula Señan Mariano Payeras Sebastián Montero Marcos de Niza Francisco de Ayeta Antonio Margil Francisco Marroquín Manuel Abad y Queipo Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla José María Morelos
Other events	Our Lady of Guadalupe Suppression of the Jesuits California mission clash of cultures Cargo system Indian Reductions

Society
and culture

Mesoamerican	Aztecs Maya Huastec Mixtec P'urhépecha Totonac Pipil Kowoj Kʼicheʼ Kaqchikel Zapotec Poqomam Mam
Caribbean	Arawak Ciboney Guanahatabey
California	Mission Indians Cahuilla Chumash Cupeño Juaneño Kumeyaay Luiseño Miwok Mohave Ohlone Serrano Tongva
Oasisamerica (Southwest US)	Akimel O'odham Apache Hopi Hualapai Navajo Pueblo peoples Quechan Solano Tohono O'odham Zuni
Aridoamerica	Acaxee Chichimeca Coahuiltecan Cochimí Cocopah Kiliwa La Junta Opata Tepehuán Yaqui
Southern Plains	Caddo Comanche Lipan Apache Plains Apache Tonkawa Wichita
Southeastern Woodlands	Indigenous people during De Soto's travels Apalachee Calusa Muscogee Jororo Pensacola Seminole Timucua Yustaga
Filipinos	Negrito Igorot Mangyan Peoples of Palawan Ati Panay Lumad Bajau Tagalog Cebuano
Others	Taiwanese indigenous peoples Chamorro people

Trade and economy

People and classes

People

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North America	Mexico Baja California Sierra Gorda Sonoran Desert Yucatan Trinidad United States Ajacán Arizona California Carolinas Florida Georgia Louisiana New Mexico Texas
South America	Jesuit reduction Chiquitos Circular Mission Córdoba Itapúa Moxos Nahuel Huapi Río Bueno
Related topics	Cargo system Mission Indians Reductions Andes Jesuit