The Bourbon monarchy embarked upon a far-reaching program to revitalize the economy of its territories, both on the peninsula and its overseas possessions, to enhance administrative efficiency and crown control, and to decrease the power and privilege of the Roman Catholic Church vis-a-vis the state [REF].
An important feature of the Bourbon Reforms was that they ended the significant amount of local control that was a characteristic of the bureaucracy under the Habsburgs, especially through the sale of offices.