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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#003366"><b>THE
SPANISH CONQUEST</b>
<font size="2" color="#990000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Populational
planning</b><br>
<b>T</b>he planning of cities was based on communication and internal transportation
works with a demographic policy which resulted in fairly homogeneous communities
in terms of politics, race and religion. <br>
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The <b>Hispanic populations</b> started to group together in the <b>north</b>
and <b>north-west</b> of the territory, coincidentally with the settlement of
<b>Jesuitical</b> and <b>Franciscan missions</b>. At the same time, in some
cases the natives withdrew whereas in others they felt attracted to the colonial
activities. This assimilation also took place in the social terrain and originated
the <b>criollos</b>, that is to say, <b>crossbreeding</b>. The more rebellious
practiced the <b>"malón"</b> (sudden attack of territories occupied by
white people) until the implementation of the "<b>Desert Conquest</b>". The
<b>indigenous population</b> was reduced by 25 per cent in the first century
of <b>Spanish domination</b>. <br clear=all>
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<font color="#990000"><b>Colonization</b><br>
By <b>1700</b>, there were about <b>2,500 Europeans</b> in the <b>Viceroyalty.</b>
By <b>1810</b>, they already amounted to <b>6,000</b> over a population of <b>700,000</b>
in the present national territory. Unlike the conquering process developed in
the United States, based on the countryside, the<b> Spaniards</b> tended to
<b>urban colonization</b> and left unoccupied territories in <b>Chaco</b>, <b>Patagonia</b>
and <b>Pampa</b>, which had a decisive bearing on the demographic development.
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