Spanish Empire

the U.S. being interested in the economics of Cuba, the U.S. government wanted to stabilize the situation. ("The Spanish American War: The United States Becomes a World Power." first page) The U.S. wanted to free Cuba from Spanish domination. This war would also provide the United States the opportunity to seize overseas possessions and begin building an American Empire. ("Spanish American War." first paragraph) This war lasted five months and took place in many different places. Battles…

over The Latin American territory. For example, in the early 1800’s Anglo settlers moved into Florida at such high numbers that Spanish soldiers could no longer control the territory (Gonzalez, 35). In an attempt to regain control of the land Spain would legalize the Anglo settlers as long as they pledged loyalty to the crown. This agreement ended up hurting the Spanish settlers in the long run because it allowed Anglo settlers to move into Florida more rapidly before making it harder for Spain…

Governing the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere Life in colonial New Spain [Spanish colonies] was complex — the dominant institutions and cultural patterns were Spanish in origin, but they were modified in their New World setting. Society was not static; evolution marked the political and religious systems; and change was a feature of the economic, social, and intellectual life. These adaptations generally mirrored developments in Europe, the source of basic decisions and control.…

Netherlands, Sicily and Milan from his father. He ruled one of the most powerful empires that shaped him into an absolute monarch. During his reign Spain began their Golden Age. They had notable advances in literature, music and art(Goodman). Philip II was a devoted Catholic king. During his reign he wanted greatly to make England a Catholic country again. In 1588, Philip II in an attempt to show his absolute power sent the Spanish Armada to invade England and overthrow protestant…

After some historical process the encomienda was phased out resulting in a land competition between Spaniards and Indians on a grants system. This article by Hanns Prem the behavior of the switching between these two system. At a first moment the Spanish colonization offers the colony the maintain their system heads and just collect the taxes from them. However this system was changed by the Encomienda, giving to "Honors people" the right of rule the land in return of the Indian religion…

During the 1810s and the 1820s, independence occurred in the nations of Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America. They were developing nations that were breaking away from the strict ruling of Spain and Portuguese. The battle towards independence was not easy for either due to the majority of those livings in most countries being in the lower class. Brazil’s independence came with little to no fight. It started with the invasion of the peninsula by Napoleon in 1808. The goal of the French…

intriguing topic found on the website was the Spanish settlers reasons for colonizing in San Antonio. Settlers did not by chance land in the San Antonio area. This area not only had the natural resources to support a growing culture but was also in an area the gave the Spanish an advantage against…

original governmental structures are partially seen in how the different cultures reacted to the Europeans that were contacting the region. In the Americas, prior to Spanish colonization, empires frequently over took the peoples around them. This led to a more abrasive and less stabilized peoples and overall, an ever changing empire. Later on the peoples…

discovered in 1531 by a Spanish conquistador named fransisco pizzaro, Ecuador was also the home of the famous inca empire which collapsed when civil war broke out and Spanish conquistadors came and took advantage of the situation and conquered the incas and claimed Ecuador in spains name In the 18th century Ecuador suffered an economic recession. Furthermore in the late 18th century and the early 19th century the people of Ecuador, like other South Americans, became discontented with Spanish…

Christian Religion. After the Roman empire fell came the visigoths. They established a new forms of local government and converted the nations religion to catholicism. Parts of spain was taken from the visigoths and was ruled by the muslims. Eventually the Christian population took back spain and the muslim and jewish population suffered religious persecution. Just after this…