History of Bolivia to 1809 reduction in silver output. After 1700 only small amounts of bullion from Upper Peru were shipped to Spain. Kings from the Bourbon Dynasty in Spain tried to reform the colonial economy in the mid-eighteenth century by reviving mining. The Spanish crown provided the financial support necessary to develop deeper shafts, and in 1736 it agreed to lower the tax rate from 20 to 10 percent of the total output. The crown also helped create a minerals purchasing bank, the Banco de San Carlos in 1751 and subsidized the price of mercury to local mines. The foundation of an academy of
Bourbon Baroque variety of venues, often collaborating with performing arts organizations such as Squallis Puppeteers (Louisville, KY) and Empire City Men's Chorus (New York, New York). Bourbon Baroque is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Bourbon Baroque is named after the french royal dynasty House of Bourbon to reflect the ensembles inspiration by the art culture at royal european courts. In the fall of 2016 Bourbon Baroque established the "Nicolas Fortin Schoolarship" in honour of co-founder and co-artistic director Nicolas Fortin. Bourbon Baroque Bourbon Baroque is a period instrument ensemble founded by harpsichordist John Austin Clark and baroque violinist Nicolas Fortin (1980–2016) in the