After the demise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, and in an effort to regain control over Spain's American possessions, the new French-descended bourbons put into practice a series of reforms aimed at________________-
Diversifying the economic base of its New World possessions to other European markets.
Seeking new sources of mineral wealth
extending the power of Spanish Church officials in the New World
Improving Spain's naval connections and administrative control in the New World
The least likely of these persons to be a liberal would be
MAriano Bedoya
José Bustamante y Guerra
Pedro Molina
Doña Dolores Bedoya
If you were a liberal in 1811, you were more than likely a
Landowning Criollo
Urban Middle Class Ladino
Indian Peasant
Urban upper class criollo merchant
Historians believe that the event that served as a trigger to the process of independence of central america was the
The influence of the Enlightment on Central American leader
The French Revolution
The indian insurrections led by Atanasio Tzul and Lucas Aguilar
Napoleonic Invasionof Spain in 1808
Central America's definite independence from all foreign powers was on
November 11,1811
September 15,1821
July 1st, 1823
July 1st, 1830
The first of the provincias to declare independence from Spain was
Chiapas
Guatemala
El Salvador
Costa Rica
La capitania del Reino de Guatemala was under the jurisdiction of the
Virreinato de la Nueva España
Virreinato del Peru
Virreinato de la Nueva Granada
Las reducciones led to the creations of
Villas
Cuidades
Pueblos
Pyramids
The main economic crop during the colonial period was
Chocolate
Corn
Cochinilla
Coffee
The Capital of Guatemala has moved from different locations. The correct order is
Valle de Almolonga, Iximche, Valled de Panchoy, Valle de la Ermita
Valle de la Ermita, Iximche, Valle de Almolonga, Valle de Panchoy
Valle de Almolonga, Iximche, Valle de Panchoy , Valle de la Ermita
Imiche, Valle de Almolonga, Valle de Panchoy, Valle de la Ermita
The social group least in favor of independence was
Criollos
Ladinos
Peninsulares
Indios
The social group that played the least of a role in the independence movement were
Indians
This social group favored independence with no change in the social structure
The grants of Indians to individuals Spaniards as a labor system were called
Obrajes
Encomiendas
Repartimientos
Naborías
The_________ was the one who had the power to grant an Encomienda
The king of Spain
Conquistadores
Monastic Orders
What would be today "la ciudad de Santiago"
Antigua Guatemala
Iximche
Tecpan
El Valle de la Ermita
"La ley se acata pero no se cumple" would most likely had been expressed by
Spanish kings
What is a trapiche?
A servant
A person who carries other person in the back
A place were you make sugar
Neither one
The most important precedent to Guatemala's independence was
La Insurreccion de San Salvador
La conjuración de Belen