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1739
British lose monopoly to import slaves
1740
Araucano (Mapuche) chieftains lead indigenous rebel-
lion on the Pampas
1750
Treaty of Madrid is signed; Colônia reverts to Spain;
Spanish Jesuits move seven missions out of Brazil;
approximately 130,000 persons inhabit Jesuit missions
1751
Abipón warriors loot Santa Fe; Portuguese refuse to
leave Colônia
1753
Indigenous rebellion breaks out in missions on the
Pampas
1754
Three-year rebellion of the Guaraní mission begins
1762
Spanish forces retake Colônia
1764
Spain returns Colônia to Portugal under the Peace of
Paris
1767
Jesuits are expelled from colonial Spanish America
The Viceroyalty and Independence
1776
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is established; Córdoba
is the region's most populous city at 40,000 residents
1777
Spain legally reoccupies Colonia
1778
“Free trade” is permitted between the colonies and 13
Spanish ports
1780-83
Tupac Amaru rebellion rages in Andean highlands
1786
Intendancies are instituted in the viceroyalty to collect
taxes
1787
The Filipinas Company gains monopoly to import
slaves to Buenos Aires;
large slave market
is
constructed
1791
Free trade is established on the import of slaves
1797
Blandengues rural police force is established in the
Banda Oriental; Spanish tax agents collect 5.8 million
pesos throughout the viceroyalty; British blockade
Spanish trade
1806
2,733 slaves are imported legally; first British invasion
of Montevideo and Buenos Aires takes place
1807
Second British invasion occurs; Santiago Liniers is
named viceroy; Creole militias expel British troops while
Spanish merchants trade with the enemy; Napoléon
invades the Iberian Peninsula
1809
Liniers is replaced as viceroy by Spanish authorities
