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$2,750 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

ORDENANZA GENERAL FORMADA DE ÓRDEN DE SU MAGESTAD, Y MANDADA IMPRIMIR Y PUBLICAR PARA EL GOBIERNO É INSTRUCCION DE INTENDENTES, SUBDELEGADOS Y DEMAS EMPLEADOS EN ... Administrative regulations for Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and the Philippines. These laws represent the last-ditch efforts of the Spanish monarchy to bring reform to the administration of their colonial holdings in the Americas. Six years later, in 1809, the first declaration of independence from Spanish rule would be signed in Quito, in modern Ecuador, which would be the first spark of the movement for independence across Spain's American colonies. With this ORDENANZA Spain hoped to restructure and reform colonial rule in such a way to prevent that from happening. A nice piece of Spanish-American history.

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