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Enlightenment and the Colonial Crisis - Coggle Diagram
Enlightenment and the Colonial Crisis
The 18th century was, for the Spanish colonies in America, a time of contradictions, as some experienced an economic and demographic boom, while others entered into crisis.
A key process was the introduction of the Bourbon Reforms, which sought to impose a new imperialism on the Spanish colonies and produced a growing Creole discontent that, in some regions, would lead, already in the 19th century, to independence movements.
The Change of Dinasty
CARLOS II
Felipe V
As Felipe V was a descendant of the French king, the idea that, in the future, Spain and France would have the same monarch worried the rest of the European powers, especially England and Holland, who declared war on the new king.
King Charles II, who had no children, appointed Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV of France and great-grandson of Philip IV, who was crowned with the title of Philip V. Thus the Habsburg dynasty ended and the Habsburg dynasty came to an end. Bourbons. the Spanish throne.
The Bourbon Reforms in America
Politically
They sought to reinforce royal power and limit the autonomy of the localities of the groups and territorial reorganization
Economically
The colonies not negotiate with each other that they bought everything from Spain.
The tobacconists
The state monopoly of trade was extended to more and more products.
Alcabalas
They were taxes on the circulation of goods.
