Hānau ʻia a make ma Sepania, ʻo José de Gálvez, mai ka wā ʻōpio mai, he kāne me ka maopopo ka makemake politika.
He loio ʻo ia no ka ʻelele Sepania ma Palani, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka Marquis Jerónimo Grimaldi i ka makahiki 1761 a, ke kiaʻāina o ka hale a me ka ʻaha i ka wā a King King III i hoʻonoho ai iā ia i malihini kipa kūikawā no New Spain me ke komisina kūikawā o ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻokele o Viceroy Joaquín de Montserrat, Ua hōʻea ʻo Girvez i New Spain i ka makahiki 1761 ma ke ʻano he kuhina ʻaihue o ka ʻAha Kūkā o nā Indies akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana a hiki i ka 1764, ke loaʻa iā ia nā mana loa a lilo i Visitor General o nā Royal Courts a me Cajas. a me ka manaʻo o nā pūʻali koa āpau.
I kona kūlana hou, ua lawe ʻo ia i ka luna aupuni o Montserrat e hoʻokolokolo, ua hoʻokumu i ka tobacconist, hoʻolauna i nā ʻauhau hou no ka pulque a me ka palaoa, hakakā smuggling, hoʻoponopono i ka ʻōnaehana dute o Veracruz a me Acapulco, ua hoʻololi i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻolimalima ʻauhau me ʻo kekahi, ua kapa ʻia ke poʻo, a hoʻokumu i ka helu moʻohelu kālā o nā kaona mokuʻāina, kēia mau mea a pau e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i nā kūlana lehulehu me ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ʻana. ʻO nā loaʻa kālā ʻauhau mai 6 miliona mau pisa ma 1763 a i 12 miliona i ka makahiki 1773.
I ka makahiki 1765, ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa a ua lawe ʻo ia i ka mōʻī o Montserrat i ka hoʻokolokolo, a ʻo Carlos Francisco de Croix ka mea nāna i kōkua i kāna hana. I ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua komo ʻo Gálvez e kinai i nā haunaele a me nā haunaele i alakaʻi ʻia ai i ka kipaku ʻia ʻana o ka Jesueses a kauoha aku i nā hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo hoʻokolokolo, nā hoʻopaʻi hoʻopaʻi, a me ka paʻahao mau.
Me ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻAhahui o Jesús Gálvez, ua paipai ʻo ia i nā mikionali Franciscan ma Kaleponi ʻelua e ke kauoha kikoʻī a ka mōʻī. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi kahua moku ma San Blas a manaʻo i ka huakaʻi o Fray Junípero Serra - nāna i hoʻokumu i ka nuʻukia o San Diego - a ʻo Gaspar de Portolá - nāna i hoʻokumu i ka nuʻukia a Monterrey lāua ʻo San Carlos, a i ka hopena o 1771 ua hōʻea ʻo ia i ke kai kūʻono o Kapalakiko.
Ua hoʻi ʻo José de Galvéz i Sepania i ka makahiki 1772 ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka General Board of Currency and Mines Trade, ke Kiaʻāina o ka ʻAha Kūkā o nā Indies a me ka ʻaha kūkā o ka mokuʻāina. No nā lawelawe i hāʻawi ʻia, ua uku ʻo Carlos III iā ia ma ka inoa ʻana iā ia ʻo Marquis o Sonora a me Kuhina Nui o nā Indies.
Loaʻa iā Gálvez ka hui o ka ʻākau o Nūlani Sepania, ʻoiai ʻo ke Kuhina Nui ka Mōʻī i hoʻokumu i ka General Command o nā Panalāʻau Kūloko i hōʻuluʻulu iā Nueva Vizcaya, Sinaloa, Sonora, nā Kaleponi, Coahuila, New Mexico a me Texas, e hāʻawi ana ʻO Chihuahua ke ʻano o ke kapitala.
