Mining, as the main economic activity, generated a new context in that of the viceroyalty. Gold and silver were consolidated as export products, serving as a liaison between Spain and its colony, as well as linking the world economy with that of the fledgling viceroyalty. The rise of gold as the main mining material caused Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Viceroy of New York
This is a largely the result of a tumultuous period in history in whitch africans were scattered abroad y the pressures of plantation slvery and the ideologies associated with white supremacy.
It rose public awareness, and lead to public outrage. It also put pressure on government officials. Name which civil rights leader who was assassinated in April 1968.
