Bourbon Reforms

The residual effects of the Colonial period and the Bourbon Reforms were powerful, and in some cases it is still felt overwhelmingly present in today's society. Throughout the three-hundred years of Spaniard occupation of the Americas, many negative sentiments arose due to the manner in which the Spaniards carried themselves and their business. The imposition of their hierarchal based on race denominations created a great deal of disdain for the crown and for the Spaniards. After hundreds of years of hypocrisy and savagery carried out by the Spanish, the masses were harboring strong feelings against the crown and the governing system that had been imposed on them. In addition to the traumatic experiences felt by many different individuals in
the from the natives to women, from the lowers class of mesticos to the slaves; many different types of people felt scrutinized and suppressed by the Spanish men that came to control and to attempt to find wealth however and whenever possible.

In the 1700s, Spain experienced a change in the reign of the crown; the Hapsburg family lineage for possible kings were lacking a perspective king that could take head of the crown of Spain. The only prospective individual that could take over the reign was the grandson of the King of France, and the Bourbon reign began. This royal family wanted to take Spain in a different route, to an extent they gave the colonies more freedom in trading, opened more ports, established more viceroys and introduced intendants. These were peninsulares that were stationed in the spanish territories, that were were meant to enforce the taxes and they also served as a stronger symbol of the spanish crown in the americas. These changes, like before did not come welcomed. The presence of these peninsulares created some additional tension in between the spanish and the other people of inhabitants of the Americas; the power given to the peninsulares discredited the previous leaders that some were creoles and mestizos.

Many of the sentiments created prior to and during the independence shaped the way that parts of the society functioned.
The involvement of the countrymen in the independence helped them to establish their voices in politics, they found different ways to make sure that their desires were acknowledge. The time following the independence was very chaotic as the nations were trying to establish themselves, upheavals and wars were a common occurrence. A notable riot that occurred in Mexico against their president demonstrated the array of feeling that the people of the americas felt, there was a clear divide in between the classes and the ways that each class viewed the other. There was an obvious lack of trust between the different classes, classes that were distinguished by both race and socioeconomic status; this clear separation created a lot of animosity between them, the elites did not show empathy for those poverty rather disdain, comparing their situation to a fake liberty declaring their situation worse than those of
slaves.

Wars were also a prominent part of the history of the establishments of the young nations.
Many casualties happened throughout this war of hate. Many separate wars were occurring, the opposing views between the classes did not help to calm the situation. The elites, often held large estates of land, and the poor which could serve as the labor source did not often see eye to eye. This caused a lot of more further tension in between the two classes, especially when the price of land rose and the commercial agriculture industry thrived throughout Latin America. Wealth has always been a source of power, with the increasing value of land the elites were able to slowly but surely shut the coerce the poor out of their political voice. There are accounts of the status of the landowners living lavishly in their fazendas, while the labor force lived a difficult life with many burdens placed on them due to the inconsistency of the rules and regulations. There were many incidents on the countryside that displayed the overwhelming power of money and how susceptible to corruption these early governments were. Judges and official would happily look the other for a healthy sum of money. Places on the countryside of Brazil displayed the advantage that having money meant, how money overpowered the law basically every time. Accumulating wealth has always been a particularly good way to impose your supposed superiority and has often been the easiest way to divide the population within social
classes. Many different areas, with different climates helped to nurture different people and cultures, although the countryside does share many similarities within their culture and how the populations interacts, the different distinct areas of the countryside harbored different people who shared different experiences.