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The Bourbon Reforms & Road to Independence

The Bourbon Reforms & Road to Independence. European Politics. 1700 = Death of King Charles II Population decline Inflation Less silver France & England a greater threat. War of Spanish Succession. 1700 – 1713 England & Austria vs. Spain & France Philip V, grandson of King Louis XIV.

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The Bourbon Reforms & Road to Independence

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  1. The Bourbon Reforms & Road to Independence

  2. European Politics • 1700 = Death of King Charles II • Population decline • Inflation • Less silver • France & England a greater threat

  3. War of Spanish Succession • 1700 – 1713 • England & Austria vs. Spain & France • Philip V, grandson of King Louis XIV

  4. The Bourbon Reforms • Tightened Spain’s control of the Indies • Increased taxes • Standing army

  5. Northern Frontier • Military garrisons, missions, & settler communities • Texas & California

  6. Reorganizing the Administration • “Intendants” arrive in 1764 • Viceroyalty of New Granada (1739) = Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela • Viceroyalty of La Plata (1776) = Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

  7. Reducing the Power of the Church • Wealth, land, political authority • Franciscans, Augustinians, Dominicans forced out of monasteries • Missions rented out rooms and stables • Expulsion of Jesuits (1767)

  8. Social Change • Peninsulares awarded government jobs • Elite Criollos no longer able to purchase jobs • A civil response?

  9. Rebellion in the Andes • Why? • Josè Gabriel CondorcanquiNogueraTùpacAmaru (TùpacAmaru II) • Kuraka of Tinta, a village on the Royal Road to Lima

  10. Important Factors • November 1780 = Execution of corrupt corregidor • Mestizo & elite status of TùpacAmaru II • Role of MicaelaBastidas • Failure to capture Cuzco • Execution in 1781 • Final suppression of the rebellion in 1783

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