During the era of Spanish colonialism in South America, the Spanish crown created a number of governments on the continent known as what?

Answer Viceroyalties

Across South America, Spain created such areas as the Viceroyalty of New Granada, the Viceroyalty of Peru, and the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, which were led boy viceroys. The Spanish Empire administered these regions as provinces of the empire, not as colonial properties.

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