Planning a Spanish Colony -702 and 731 blurry directions reprinted

p.187 with the map - In 1573, King Phillip II of Spain issued a list of rules that had to be followed in the building of towns in all the Spanish colonies in the Americas. Most towns and cities in Spain, at the time, were laid out the same way. Assume you are the leader of a town which will be developed at some location represented on the map below. Read the rules on the following pages for setting up your town. Using a pencil with an eraser, sketch the buildings on the map, placing your town by the seacoast, near where you landed.

p.188 - Study the following rules for planning new towns, issued by King Phillip of Spain, before you begin laying out your design.
Royal Ordinances Concerning New Towns (San Lorenzo, July 3, 1573)

114 (bottom of the page)
Four main streets must run from the plaza, one starting from the middle of each side. At each corner of the plaza, two streets should begin, and should line up with the sides of the plaza.

Now choose a place and size for your plaza. Draw it on the map and lay out the streets for the town.

p.189 at the bottom - Now add the buildings described in the rules above.

p.190 at the top - Study the ordinances below before you add to your plan.

at the bottom - Now add to your town plan the buildings usggested in the ordinances above.

p. 192 - Laws Regulating teh Colonies
The Spanish colonies were divided into large areas called vice royalties, under the conrol of a viceroy appointed by the king. All Spanish colonies operated under similar rules to those appearing below. After reading these regulations, write an editorial at the bottom of the page giving your reactions.

at the bottom - Immigration:
Only Spanish Roman Catholics shall be allowed to go to the Spanish colonies in NewSpain. [Note that this policy is a reaction to Spain's struggle with the Moors, who followed the Muslim religion.]