In the second half of the eighteenth century,
A) creoles dominated the audiencias of Lima and Mexico City.
B) an anti-creole reaction reduced creole representation in high official posts.
C) the crown sought to balance appointments of creoles and peninsulars to high offices.
D) an ideological campaign stressed creole's dubious loyalty and intellectual unfitness.
Question 2
The intendant system was introduced in the late eighteenth century to
A) increase royal revenues from the colonies.
B) reduce the power of the corregidores.
C) promote the spread of Enlightenment ideas in the colonies.
D) provide a counterpoise to the power of the viceroys.
Wang Guochen, c. nineteenth century
Half Full or Half Empty
Early 20th century warming
Half Leg of Lamb
Is this glass half empty or half full?