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THE BOURBON REFORMS AND THEIR LIMITS
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ECONOMIC REFORMS: CRAFT
ROYAL MANUFACTURERS
Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja (Segovia)
Real Fábrica de Paños de Brihuega (Guadalajara)
Real Fábrica de Porcelanas del Buen Retiro (Madrid)
Real Fábrica de Sedas de Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)
Real Fábrica de Paños de San Fernando de Henares (Madrid)
Real Fábrica de Hilados y Tejidos de Algodón (Ávila)
Real Fábrica de Tapices de Santa Bárbara (Madrid)
Enlightened governments favoured the popular or domestic craft industry
There was a very robust new textile sector in the Barcelona area
The governments of the Hispanic Monarchy set up Royal manufacturers
BOURBON MONARCHS IN THE 18TH CENTURY
FELIPE V (1724–1746)
FERNANDO VI (1746–1759)
LUIS I (1724)
CARLOS III (1759–1788)
FELIPE V (1700–1724)
CARLOS IV (1788–1808)
FOREIGN POLICY
The dynastic affinity with the French Bourbons and the Atlantic expansion of Great Britain
Spanish kings ally themselves with France in what are known as ‘Family Compacts’
Spanish kings to ally themselves with France in what are known as ‘Family Compacts’
When the war ended, the Treaty of Paris confirmed British hegemony in the world
POLITICAL REFORMS
THE WAR OF SUCCESSION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
When Carlos II of Habsburg died without children, there were two pretenders to the throne: the emperor’s son Carlos of Habsburg, archduke of Austria, and Prince Felipe of Bourbon
ECONOMIC REFORMS: TRADE
Domestic trade was difficult due to the rugged Spanish terrain and the poor conditions of the roads
Carlos III decreed the liberalisation of the grain trade in 1765. Buying and selling these goods was usually regulated as this was essential to avoid famine.
Foreign trade was more important, in particular with America. The West Indies fleet that the Hispanic Monarchy used to organise its commercial monopoly