Compensation for the Financial Services of the Consulate of Mexico and its Members: Special Funding for the War against Great Britain, 1779-1783
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Taxation, Public Debt, Royal Treasury, Loans, Donations, Compensation, Merchants, Consulates, Imperial Wars, Mexico, 18th Century.
Abstract
The Viceroyalty of New Spain contributed most of the economic resources that sustained Spain’s military forces in the Caribbean during the Anglo-Spanish War, between 1779 and 1783. This article analyzes the measures taken by the royal authorities in order to obtain extraordinary resources from the Consulate and various merchants of Mexico City, and it presents some of the compensations that were negotiated in exchange for said financial services. Various hypotheses are exposed regarding the economic, social and political motives that moved the merchants to collaborate with the Monarch, taking into account the negotiations carried out during the conflict, and the way in which they were affected by the recent commercial expansion.Downloads
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Del Valle Pavón G. (2015). Compensation for the Financial Services of the Consulate of Mexico and its Members: Special Funding for the War against Great Britain, 1779-1783. Revista Complutense de Historia de América, 41, 149-171. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RCHA.2015.v41.49900
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