The profitability of the American colonies depended on an organized public treasury that efficiently channeled the income received from taxes into the coffers of the crown. Since the American possessions

The precious metals extracted from the American colonies became the basis of trade for the expansionism of Spain and the consolidation of European economies, in addition to stimulating their foreign trade

The main causes of the indigenous rebellions during the seventeenth century were the abuse of the corregidores and the discomfort caused by the Bourbon reforms. The viceroyalty endured more than a hundred

The Capitulation of Toledo is the power that was given to Francisco Pizarro through a capitulation to be the governor of the conquered lands (Nueva Castilla). In 1528 Francisco Pizarro began the trip to

The conquest of the Tahuantinsuyo or Inca Empire begins with the arrival of Francisco Pizarro and his hosts to the Tahuantinsuyo in 1532 marked the beginning of a great transformation in the ways of life

After the conquest and the effervescent situation generated in the American territory by the conflicts for the colonial territories and later by the suspension of the privileges of the encomenderos required

The Andean resistance was given as a counterpoint to the Spanish invasion. The inhabitants of Tahuantinsuyo and the Inca elite developed various forms of action in the face of the Spanish invasion.

The Treaty or Capitulation of Acobamba was a peace agreement between the Inca Titu Cusi Yupanqui and the Spanish Crown. This treaty was signed on August 24, 1566. The capitulation of Acobamba took place

The Incas of Vilcabamba are those Incas who offered resistance to the Spanish siege in the area of ​​Vilcabamba. The image above is the citadel of Choquequirao in Vilcabamba which was the last refuge of

In the exploration of the Peruvian territory during the conquest, the rivers Amazonas, Ucayali and Madre de Dios were discovered by the Spaniards. Discovery of the Rio Grande de las Amazonas In search

Special treatment deserves the rebellion of Manco Inca Yupanqui, because it is a long struggle for the reconquest of the Tawantinsuyo Empire. This action is the result of a premeditated and coherent plan.

Almost 300 years after Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire, the colony was suppressed forever since December 9, 1824 at the Battle of Ayacucho. King Fernando VII was weakened in Europe by the revolts

Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano, creator of the "tradition" genre, was born in Lima on February 7, 1833. His parents were Pedro Palma and Dominga Soriano, middle-class merchants. He continued primary

Ramón Castilla y Marquesado, President of the Republic between 1845-1851 and 1855-1862. Son of the Buenos Aires Pedro de Castilla and Juana Marquesado Romero, tarapaqueña with Indian blood, Ramón Castilla

The Chachapoyas culture developed between 800 d.c and 1570 d.c in the northeast of Peru. Their territories extended some three hundred kilometers along the current regions of Amazonas and San Martin. The

The Paracas Culture was an important society in the history of Peru, well known for its textile art, its mummies and for cranial trepanation to be able to cure fractures and tumors in the skull. They arose

The Chavín culture was a civilization that developed in the Andes of northern Peru between 900 BC and 200 BC. The discoverer of the Chavín Culture is the archeologist Julio Tello who named it the parent

It is barely twenty miles from a place that was a sacred forest for the ancient Celts, who had dedicated it to one of its main deities, Lug and where the Romans built a city and a palisade that, on a smaller