Alienation of Americanos; exploitation of plebs
Alienation of americanos by imperialism of Spanish monarchists and liberals.
Exploitation of plebs
1760: “If in all Spain one should picture the number of poor and wretched that there are, one would not find as many nor as denuded as in Mexico (City) alone.... Unfortunately in this city one finds two diametrically opposed extremes: great wealth and maximum poverty.”
Great Fear/Hope of social rebellion:
- Tupac Amaru (Peru, 1780s)
- Haiti (1791)
- Coro (Venezuela, 1795)
- Guanajuato (New Spain, 1810)