La configuración de una hacienda de carácter fiscal. El caso de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1850-1880

Zusammenfassung

The district of Santa Cruz de Tenerife acceded to the category of villa exenta in 1803, to then acquire the rank of provincial capital by the political-administrative system proposed by the liberal regime. For this reason, the municipality had to establish its treasury ex novo, although it did not manage to have the necessary economic resources. From 1850, it had a fiscal-type municipal treasury for the provision of essential services required by the new city. This was accompanied by an improvement in their economic activities, mainly in the commerce, the port and its associated industries. In the present work we will study the socioeconomic transformations that took place in the middle of the xix century, to later get into the analysis of the new configuration of the municipal treasury.