A royal cédula established a Caracas-based intendancy with authority over royal revenue and military administration across Venezuela, Cumaná, Guayana, Maracaibo, Trinidad, Margarita, and related islands. The decree explicitly aimed to improve treasury administration and foster settlement, agriculture, and commerce. In the broader colonial economy, cacao and other agricultural production depended on enslaved labor. This administrative reform strengthened imperial management; it did not alter slavery’s legal status.
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What did the 1776 intendancy decree seek to strengthen?
The decree reorganized royal fiscal and military administration and named agriculture and commerce among its goals.
The 1776 intendancy decree abolished slavery in Venezuela.
It reorganized fiscal and military administration and promoted agriculture and commerce; it did not abolish slavery.