Why Did The Spanish Fight In The 16th Century

No one imagined the 16th century to be compelling, so when people started resisting the Pope and challenging the “Spanish rights to the New World and its riches”(76-77) people were shocked. During this time, Spain was looting the New World while being at war with France. The Huguenots, who were French Protestant had no ties with the pope, but with the conflict between Spain and France, the French would create raid acts of warfare. According to Konstam, Angus, The French had no part in the “Treaty of Tordesillas,”which was an agreement between Spain and Portugal to settle conflict over the new discovered land. Since Francis I, “refused to recognize the control the Spanish had over the New World, the french .. sanctioned attacks on Spanish ships.”(68) …show more content…
Fleury was an active privateer and was involved in naval warfare. In the early 1522 he sighted three Spanish ships and ordered his “five ship squadron” to attack(“Jean Fleury”). Although one of these ships managed to escape the other two weren’t as lucky. After he captured the two ships he decided to capture several more.(“Privateers...Gold”) The following year Fleury and his colleague Jean Terrain set off on another expedition against Spain and captured thirty Portuguese and Spanish vessels (“Jean Fleury”). Fleury's technique would be to prey on the “slow moving ships,” which was filled with treasures;which included gold, jewels, and