Casa de Contratación and the asiento system (1503-1810)

1. Founding ordinances create the Casa de Contratación

   Jan 20, 1503Labels: Casa de, Seville, Spanish Crown

   • PARES
   • Britannica

2. Padrón Real mapping program begins under Casa

   Jan 1, 1508Labels: Padr n, Casa de, cartography

   • Nuncius
   • Casa Wiki

3. Second ordinances refine Casa governance

   Jun 15, 1510Labels: Casa de, ordinances, administration

   • PARES

4. Early asiento contracts begin supplying enslaved Africans

   Jan 1, 1517Labels: asiento system, enslaved Africans, Spanish Crown

   • Britannica

5. Council of the Indies created to oversee empire

   Aug 1, 1524Labels: Council of, Spanish Crown, colonial administration

   • Britannica
   • CulturaES

6. Consulado de Cargadores a Indias established in Seville

   Aug 23, 1543Labels: Consulado de, Seville, merchants

   • PARES
   • MemoriaMX

7. British South Sea Company gains major asiento

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: South Sea, Treaty of, asiento

   • Britannica

8. Casa de Contratación transferred from Seville to Cádiz

   May 12, 1717Labels: Casa de, C diz, royal order

   • Casa Wiki
   • PARES

9. War of Jenkins’ Ear begins amid trade tensions

   Oct 22, 1739Labels: War of, Britain, Spain

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

10. Treaty of Madrid ends Britain’s asiento rights

    Oct 5, 1750Labels: Treaty of, Britain, asiento

    • Britannica
    • Treaty Wiki

11. 1778 free-trade regulation weakens old monopoly framework

    Oct 12, 1778Labels: Charles III, free-trade regulation, Spain and

    • UChile
    • Reglamento ES Wiki

12. Royal decree abolishes Casa de Contratación in Cádiz

    Jun 18, 1790Labels: Casa de, royal decree, C diz

    • Bizkaia Lib
    • Casa Wiki