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The colonizing of the Philippines for | HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES

The Philippines and Spain

The colonizing of the Philippines for Spain is carried out as much by Roman Catholic friars as by any state administration. In addition to the Jesuits (the main missionary presence elsewhere in the east), the orders of f...

The colonizing of the Philippines for | HISTORY OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

The Philippines and Spain

The colonizing of the Philippines for Spain is carried out as much by Roman Catholic friars as by any state administration. In addition to the Jesuits (the main missionary presence elsewhere in the east), the orders of f...

By contrast the third Family Compact, | HISTORY OF SPAIN

Family compacts

By contrast the third Family Compact, signed in 1761 in the last stages of the Seven Years' War, proves a costly disaster. Its main result, for Spain, is the loss of Florida.

These events suggest that the Spanish...

In 1545 silver deposits are found | HISTORY OF BOLIVIA

Las Charcas

In 1545 silver deposits are found at Potosí. They turn out to be vast. In 1548 the town of La Paz is established on the trade route between the silver mines and the viceregal capital at Lima. By 1650 the populatio...

In conquering the Inca empire, the | HISTORY OF BOLIVIA

Las Charcas

In conquering the Inca empire, the conquistadors - even though few in number - move with surprising speed into the Altiplano, the high plateau in the Andes which is often called Upper Peru and which comprises much of mod...

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