The Great Revolution of Mexico A fundamental shift in the governance of New Spain occurred as a result of the War of the Spanish Succession, when Bourbons replaced Habsburgs on the Spanish throne. Ruling by divine right, the Bourbon kings were enlightened despots whose major interests lay in increasing the economic returns from the Spanish Empire; they introduced many French practices and ideas into overseas administration. Having strung a series of mission-forts across northern Mexico, …showed first 75 words of 1778 total…

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