As it is easy to imagine, the new ruler Spanish was found with huge debts of war, which led him to overload taxes, fees, and obligations to the Hispano-American colonies, where, due to the decline of the mines, Spain I was getting less and less gold and silver.
Felipe V undertook "the reconquest of his colonies ", an ambitious project that took momentum with his son Carlos III (1759-1788) and had strong impacts on the system colonial in crisis.
