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The Bourbon reforms have been termed "a revolution in government" for their sweeping changes to the structure of the administration, which sought to strengthen the power of the Spanish state, decrease the power of local elites in favor of office holders from the Iberian peninsula, and increase revenues for the crown. [13]
Free's discography consists of six studio albums, two live albums, 18 compilation albums, one EP, 16 singles and two video albums. The band released their debut album Tons of Sobs in 1969. [ 1 ] The album entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number 197. [ 2 ]
The Bourbon Reforms resulted in the transfer of regular Spanish Army troops from Spain to New Spain, the raising several colonial line infantry regiments, and the creation of a colonial militia which also included former slaves. The northern frontier was the exception to the peacefulness of Mexico, with constant warfare with the nomadic Native ...
This book analyses the impact of the Bourbon Reforms in Huancavelica and the transformations of the mining exploitation model between 1784 and 1814. The great novelty of the book, according to historian Miguel Molina Martínez, is the "analysis it devotes to the role played by women in the workings of the mine, advancing a suggestive line of ...
Cover of the Nueva Planta decrees of the Principality of Catalonia. The Nueva Planta decrees (Spanish: Decretos de Nueva Planta, Catalan: Decrets de Nova Planta, English: "Decrees of the New Plant") [a] were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V, the first Bourbon King of Spain, during and shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession by the Treaty of Utrecht.
Allegory of the Return of the Bourbons on 24 April 1814 : Louis XVIII Lifting France from Its Ruins by Louis-Philippe Crépin. King Louis XVIII made a triumphal return to Paris on 3 May 1814, accompanied by members of the provisional Council of State, commissaires of the ministerial departments, Marshals of France, and generals.
The reform also established captaincies general in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Yucatán. The restructuring of the Captaincy General in 1764 was the first example of the Bourbon Reforms in America. The changes included adding the provinces of Florida and Louisiana and granting more autonomy to these provinces.
Bourbon Reforms, a series of measures taken by the Spanish Crown; Bourbon Restoration (disambiguation), the return to monarchs in the Bourbon Dynasty in France and Spain; Bourbon Democrat, from 1876 to 1904 a conservative member of the US Democratic Party; Palais Bourbon : meeting place of the french National Assembly