Provincias Internas [SEP] inception
Provincias Internas
The Provincias Internas, also known as the Comandancia y Capitanía General de las Provincias Internas (Commandancy and General Captaincy of the Internal Provinces), was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire created in 1776 to provide more autonomy for the frontier provinces of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, present-day northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The goal of its creation was to establish a unified government in political, military and fiscal affairs. Nevertheless, the Commandancy General experienced significant changes in its administration because of experimentation
Herrera y Leyva
- 1805–1810 Pedro de Herrera y Leyva
- 1810–1811 Manuel de Santa Maria
- 1813 Ramón Díaz Bustamante
- 1812–1817 The Alcaldes of Monterrey
- 1817–1818 Bernardo Villareal
- 1818–1821 Francisco Bruno Barrea
Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas.
- All "Provincias Internas" were under the jurisdiction of the Audiencia of Guadalajara with oversight by the Viceroy before the creation of the Commandancy General.
- 1777 Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas created with autonomy from the Viceroy.
- 1788–1793 Divided into