One of the most momentous actions in the history of the Spanish colonial empire was the crown's expulsion and expropriation proceedings against the Society of Jesus in 1767. This topic has long received much scholarly attention. Perhaps of greater significance, but of almost total historiographical neglect, was the Spanish government's management, redistribution, and liquidation of the Jesuit assets during 1767-1820. As a result of those processes, hundreds of the best real and improved properties in Spanish America changed hands and millions of pesos were siphoned to Spain from overseas.