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1 day ago · Peninsular War. The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence.
1 day ago · The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [5] [6] [7] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [8] [9] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [10] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...
3 days ago · Treaty of Tordesillas, (June 7, 1494), agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.
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3 days ago · The Spanish-American War influenced American culture in various ways, from literature to film. 19 The war inspired a wave of patriotic fervor and a surge in military-themed literature and artwork. 20 Theodore Roosevelt's image as a war hero catapulted him into the national spotlight, paving the way for his presidency.
4 days ago · Most scholars writing on Mexico before and after the Spanish invasion today agree that: a) ‘pre-Columbian America was relatively free of disease’ (de Montellano 1990: 120), b) Mexico was ‘virgin soil’ for ‘crowd’ or ‘herd’ diseases introduced from Europe such as measles, smallpox, typhus and cholera, against which the locals had no immunity, c) a series of major outbreaks of ...
2 days ago · Although the Spanish Protectorate was established in Morocco in 1912 and Spain first occupied Tetouan in 1860, Colonial al-Andalus locates the most enduring and concentrated efforts to exploit al-Andalus in the service of Spanish colonialism in Francisco Franco’s regime (1936–56 in Northern Morocco; lasting until 1975 in the Spanish Sahara).
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5 days ago · The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) promotes trade among Canada, Mexico, and the United States. As a result of the rebellion led by Miguel Hidalgo in the early 1800s. Mexico became an independent nation and was no longer a colony of Spain. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like How do latifundios and ejidos ...
