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II. THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM 47 III. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 58 IV. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 70 V. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE REVOLUTION 80 VI. COMPLETION OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 97 VII. THE ERA OF CIVIL WARS 115 VIII. CONSOLIDATION 130 IX. THE MODERN ARGENTINE 141
PARAGUAY I. PARAGUAY UNTIL 1632 165 II. THE JESUIT REPUBLIC AND COLONIAL PARAGUAY 177 III. FRANCIA'S REIGN 188 IV. THE REIGN OF THE ELDER LOPEZ 198 V. THE WAR 206 VI. PARAGUAY SINCE 1870 220
URUGUAY I. INTRODUCTION 227 II. PORTUGUESE AGGRESSIONS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY 239 III. THE REVOLUTION 247 IV. INDEPENDENCE AND CIVIL WAR 259 V. CIVIL WAR AND ARGENTINE INTERVENTION 265 VI. COLORADOS AND BLANCOS 272
BRAZIL I. PORTUGAL 287 II. DISCOVERY 295 III. DESCRIPTION 305 IV. EARLY COLONISATION 316 V. THE JESUITS 326 VI. FRENCH OCCUPATION OF RIO 333 VII. EXPANSION 342 VIII. THE DUTCH CONQUEST 350 IX. EXPULSION OF THE DUTCH