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Topic 9_ Enlightenment and the Colonial Crisis - Coggle Diagram
Topic 9_ Enlightenment and the Colonial Crisis
Change of Dynasty
18th century began for Spain with the succession wars (1701-1713).
King Charles II
Felipe de Anjou his successor
Habsburg dynasty ended and began the Spanish throne the dynasty of the Bourbons.
Felipe V signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713
deliver European territories to kingdoms like Austria, and England.
The Bourbon Reforms in America
Economically
Bourbons ordered that the colonies will not negotiate between them.
The tobacconists
The state monopoly of commerce were spreading to more and more products.
Politically
reinforce real power, and limit the autonomy of the groups' localities.
The alcabalas
were the tax on the circulation of goods, to the Indians who left sell their vegetables in the markets.
The indigenous uprisings are multiplied, the largest was that of Tupac maru, in Peru.(1780-1781)
The expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 took America an important consequence.
The Enlightenment
did not matter more than a man was good and honest,no matter what religion or opinions he had?
if there were differences of opinion,would not it be better to discuss them based on the reason and not go to blows or war?
Tolerance and reason.
If all are equal, all need to be treated equally.
French thinkers write a collection of books called Encyclopedia.
A new revolution in 1789 that dethroned and eexecuted the King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoniette.
France Occupies Spain
Napoleon did not give up.
decreed the "continental blockade".
Napoleon decided to
submit by force.
The Spanish people rebelled against King Charles IV in 1808