HIST 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bourbon Reforms, Provincias Internas, Beekeeping
27 Oct 2017
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Increase state power, government into a science [statistics, measuring, accounting: bourbon reforms, american version = bourbon reforms, bourbons interested in increasing state power, control and revenues, not meant to benefit colonies; meant to benefit the empire, economic reforms. 1765 - sent out agent of spain to write a report [survey new spain] jose de. Galves: taking stocks, interviewing > recommendations to the crown, what are they producing and how much. Nervous about expansion of other empires, wanted presence in the north in particular. Galves worried about this & potential for conflict w the english in the north. Incentives to settle the northern territories texas, new mexico, Arizona [mostly spaniards: send missions -> contact w new groups i. e. apaches, g recommends breaking the territory up into smaller divisions w own admin units, 1776 - create provincias internas [internal provinces] Viceroyalty > provincial intendants [like a premier of a province] administering justice, taxes etc: people really hated the intendants, ecclesiastical reform.
