The military & administrative center of the Aztecs became this capital of the colony of New Spain
... As these new 
territories became controlled, they were brought under the purview of the Viceroy 
of New... [DOC] [TLE] History of Mexico - Nations Online [PAR] During the early years of colonial rule, the conquistadors and their descendants 
... serving as commercial, administrative, and religious centers that attracted an ... 
Mexico City, built on the ruins of Tenochtitln, became the capital of Spain's North 
... New Spain was divided into 12 military departments (intendencias) under a... [DOC] [TLE] Tenochtitlan and the Conquest of the Americas [PAR] Spain 's colonial empire was organized around two great cities.