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
I Still Do (song) to the marriage to which he agreed many years before. The song is fictional; Medley, an admitted womanizer, was not married at the time the song was released, and Medley had been through a divorce and two annulments at that point. He was likely inspired to record the song by the memory of his first wife, the former Karen O'Grady, who had divorced him due to his infidelity but remained close friends until her death. I Still Do (song) "I Still Do" is a song by Bill Medley from the album of the same name. Among his country music singles,