Spain

.Spain and Spanish America shared an interesting relationship during the 18th century. Spain had conquered many areas in the Americas and it controlled large land areas in South America calling it Spanish America. Spain was interested in wealth and dominance, so they needed money to feed their desires and the resources in America gave them just that. One of the valuable resources Spain sought was silver and they used Native American workers to extract these goods. Spain was tied economically to…

Much of the world remembers Francisco Franco as a merciless dictator who ruled Spain with an iron fist after achieving victory in the Spanish Civil War. Many consider him considered a fascist on par with Hitler and Mussolini. He is commonly viewed through one particular lens: the military man. The Pact of Forgetting in 1977 allowed Spaniards to move towards democracy by leaving Franco in the rearview mirror, but it created a more complicated future from which to interpret Franco himself. Looking…

Ferdinand II, the king of Spain, was born on March 10, 1452. He was king of Aragon and king of Castile. He started the entrance of Spain into the time of royal extension. He gather Spanish kingdoms and into the country of Spain. Isabella of Castile, the queen of Spain, was born on October 18, 1469. Her marriage with Ferdinand of Aragon helped Spain become stronger, more powerful, and more successful. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile union brought their kingdoms together. The union of…

I didn’t choose readings on The Northern Frontier Spain, but what I know, Spain started moving north soon after the conquest of Mexico looking for wealth and salvation of souls. Christian Indians were sent to the north to assist in the conversion to Christianity. The king of Spain, in 1598 made a decision to settle the lands to the north of Mexico. Spain also sent Don Juan Onate to lead the mission in the areas to the north. Don Juan Onate left Santa Barbara in 1595. His band of soldiers, slaves…

After years of discussing whether Catalonia should separate from Spain, Catalonians vote on Friday, declaring its independence; however, Spain dismissed their proposal and began taking control over the region. According to “Spain dismisses the Catalonia Government After Region Declares Independence” in the New York Times authors Raphael Minder and Patrick Kingsley guide readers through how the Spanish leaders dissolved and removed the Catalan Government official due to them “illegally declaring…

King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Spain established had the intention to initiate an Inquisition, meaning a period of time to question or investigate, to prolong Catholicism and beliefs in the Spaniard kingdom. It’s purpose was to manage Catholic faith within any Spaniard kingdom. A number of reasons have been indicted for creating the movement. Some include: “To establish political and religious unity”, “To weaken local political opposition to the Catholic Monarchs”, “To do away with…

While Isabella of Castile was not the most important person during the Renaissance, Queen Isabella was an important person, because of all the things she did for her people. During her reign, Isabella and her husband Ferdinand of Aragon made progress for their lands and their people. They overcame and conquered what they could. Since Henry the IV, Isabella’s brother, never had a child, the opposition attempted to replace him with Afonso, her other brother. However, Afonso died before he could…

What the Spaniards hoped to accomplish in their conquest of New Spain was primarily the extraction of the vast quantities of gold and other riches that they believed were there, to spread Christianity to non-Christians, and for the glory and political power that the conquest of a vast rich land, that they would have a virtual monopoly on, would bring. In this essay I am going to discuss how the three motivations of acquiring wealth, spreading Christianity and restoring the glory and political…

Silver was very important to Spain during the silver trade. Spain got there silver from the Philippines and Potosi, Peru, and from trading with china and other countries and merchants. The atlantic ocean was used constantly when the Philippines trades with spain, 5/7ths of all the silver available in the atlantic ocean was traded with each other and this helped cause global trade.¬ Silver was the cause of the age of exploration in Europe and china. Silver was very valuable to china; it was the…

The three major European super powers (Spain, England, and France) had similarities in their motives to navigate the Atlantic Ocean; essentially they differed in their methods of utilizing the New World, and their impact on the indigenous people of the Americas. The evident similarities of Spain, England, and France were their initial pursuits to find the trade route to India and make wealth off of it. The super powers fluctuated in their means of utilizing the New world when they had to make…