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European Politics• 1700 = Death of King
Charles II • Population decline• Inflation• Less silver• France & England a
greater threat
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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
• Tightened Spain’s control of the Indies• Increased taxes• Standing army
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Northern Frontier• Military garrisons, missions, & settler
communities• Texas & California
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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
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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)
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Social Change
• Peninsulares awarded government jobs• Elite Criollos no longer able to purchase jobs• A civil response?
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Rebellion in the Andes• Why?• Josè Gabriel
Condorcanqui Noguera Tùpac Amaru (Tùpac Amaru II)
• Kuraka of Tinta, a village on the Royal Road to Lima
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Important Factors
• November 1780 = Execution of corrupt corregidor
• Mestizo & elite status of Tùpac Amaru II• Role of Micaela Bastidas• Failure to capture Cuzco• Execution in 1781• Final suppression of the rebellion in 1783