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  1. 2 days 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 ...

  2. 1 day ago · One of the most powerful and largest empires in history, the Spanish Empire soared to prominence in the Age of Exploration. Spain created colonies in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific thanks to the bold explorations of explorers such as Christopher Columbus. Driven by the exploitation of gold and silver mines, their conquests produced ...

  3. 1 day ago · Unknown. Unknown. Majority of 30,000 Spanish expeditionary forces dead [4] 600,000 total dead [5] The Spanish American wars of independence ( Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place throughout Spanish America during the early 19th century, with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule. [6]

    • 25 September 1808 – 29 September 1833, (25 years and 4 days)
    • Patriot victory.
  4. 5 days ago · DP19042 Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire. We study the fiscal and political consequences of state modernization in the Spanish colonial empire in Latin America. We focus on the introduction of a new corps of provincial governors called intendants in the late 18th century.

  5. 5 days ago · Spain in the 18th Century. 1.) The War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714) The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European conflict triggered by the death of the childless Charles II, the last Habsburg monarch of Spain. His death led to an international crisis over who would inherit the vast Spanish Empire, encompassing ...

  6. It covers the differentiated rise of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, French and British Empires in this period, particularly the different styles of expansion and rule used by each empire. The metropolitan political realities – such as Dutch independence and Portuguese fragility – are discussed in reference to the success or failure of rule.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ConquistadorConquistador - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · From 1519 to 1521, Hernán Cortés led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, ruled by Moctezuma II. From the territories of the Aztec Empire, conquistadors expanded Spanish rule to northern Central America and parts of what is now the southern and western United States, and from Mexico sailing the Pacific Ocean to the Spanish East Indies.

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