Bourbon reconquest of Spanish America, the long 18th century

• Spain: from predator to prey

  • War of Spanish Succession,
  • 10 European wars: 5 against Britain, 4 against France

• Secret Report on the Americas, Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa (1748)

• Bourbon reforms or reconquest (see chronology)

• Resistance, revolt and rebellion, case of Peru

  • Jose Santos Atahualpa, 1742-50s, eastern Peru
  • Túpac Amaru uprising, central highlands, 1780-83
  • Tupac Katari, aymara-based, upper peru, 1781

• Alienation of Americanos

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